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Dimmukane:
Of course The Giver isn't supposed to be the epitome of Dystopia stories. But seeing as that's probably the first one you'd read, you'd basically be rereading it when you do go on to read Bradbury/Huxley/Seuss/etc. They all have their own unique characters and such, but if you didn't like The Giver, you don't really have a reason to read 1984/Brave New World/Cat in the Hat/etc.
But I totally agree with you on the science fiction part. Ender's Game invented the political blog and to an extent WiMax.
KharBevNor:
The Giver certainly was not the first dystopia I ever read. It wasn't even on the syllabus, as far as I remember.
Oh, and Handmaids Tale, speaking of dystopias.
Dimmukane:
In my tiny state, anyways.
Lines:
The Giver was on my 8th grade reading list, but I read it when I was still in elementary school. I'd read quite a bit of Bradbury by 8th grade, too, because as I said earlier, I love his work. But if I'd read Brave New World around that age, I probably wouldn't have understood it fully. I'm not insulting The Giver, I really enjoyed it, but it's a older kid's/young adult's book. It was written for that age range, while it's my understanding that the other two weren't. I can see it staying on a reading list for junior high level for a while, but I don't see it going any further than that. That's kind of how I see Ender's Game.
Now, if I don't see The Hobbit or anything by Tolkien on my kid's reading lists, I will be sad.
MusicScribbles:
What about Philip K. Dick and Robert Heinlein? Where does Asimov fit in here? These guys have written controversial enough books that their memories will probably hold for a while. The real question that I have is, will we have a Shakespeare? Who will be remembered hundreds of years from now as a master of his art in front of others?
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