tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post1164950092409813514..comments2023-05-29T07:15:27.839-07:00Comments on Finding Kat Heckenbach: Teen Takeover: Speculating on the Future of Christian Speculative FictionKat Heckenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-44897698902633488632016-03-11T08:50:47.822-08:002016-03-11T08:50:47.822-08:00Bradbury was so ahead of his time, and the stuff i...Bradbury was so ahead of his time, and the stuff in Fahrenheit 451 is eerily prophetic. <br /><br />Thanks, Cheryl!Kat Heckenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-39383114406535791582016-03-11T05:33:40.688-08:002016-03-11T05:33:40.688-08:00When I taught high school English, I loved introdu...When I taught high school English, I loved introducing the students to Bradbury with Fahrenheit 451 and to Ayn Rand with The Anthem. These books opened the door to some great "life lesson" discussions. And I'm still amazed that Bradbury wrote to TV walls in homes and "seashell" earbuds that controlled the main character's wife's thoughts, numbing her to reality and to her husband. Now you've made me want to read Bradbury's Zen and the Art of Writing (don't know how I missed this one). I believe you're right--that things are and will change even more when today's teen readers become the publishers. Keep encouraging them, Kat, and keep writing for them. Your books just may be the classics one day.Cheryl Johnstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-64030471369927903482016-03-11T05:23:54.424-08:002016-03-11T05:23:54.424-08:00Thanks, Rick!Thanks, Rick!Kat Heckenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-63247266610924019892016-03-10T23:10:53.360-08:002016-03-10T23:10:53.360-08:00"They want to be understood...." So tru..."They want to be understood...." So true! Thank you for being an author who inspires our next generation!<br />Rick ChristensenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-46336455621802584122016-03-10T11:38:36.816-08:002016-03-10T11:38:36.816-08:00I need to go back and look up those books. I was n...I need to go back and look up those books. I was never aware of them. I basically went straight from Madeleine L'Engle to adult sci-fi/fantasy. Kat Heckenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-58560040346302112562016-03-10T11:19:15.207-08:002016-03-10T11:19:15.207-08:00Yeah, that was when I discovered that Heinlein and...Yeah, that was when I discovered that Heinlein and Bradbury had written juvie fiction. I read everything I could find in the library system--Have Spacesuit, Will Travel still holds a place in my heart--and it was delightful.Kessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15019626781634777336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-24711346653801761032016-03-10T10:46:48.826-08:002016-03-10T10:46:48.826-08:00When I was a teen, I wasn't aware of Christian...When I was a teen, I wasn't aware of Christian bookstores at all, to be honest. I got my books from the library, where the few teen books that existed were mixed in with juvenile. Sci-fi and fantasy were in the adult book section, and there was (and still is) no Christian fiction section. It wasn't until well into adulthood that I took note of Christian bookstores and Christian sections in regular bookstores--and even then, I assumed it was all Bibles and Bible study stuff. It didn't even occur to me to look for fiction of any kind there until I started writing less than ten years ago! Kat Heckenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-51354294708323308032016-03-10T09:34:08.359-08:002016-03-10T09:34:08.359-08:00As an ex-teen, I mournfully searched for Christian...As an ex-teen, I mournfully searched for Christian spec fix in our Christian bookstore. I read the disappointing Gilbert Morris, and waited longingly for Lee Roddy to write about wizards. I marked time reading Mandy and Elizabeth Gail. Frank Peretti only produced one book per decade. Eventually I turned to the library, because the bookstore didn't have what I wanted. <br /><br />If the Wingfeather saga had existed back then, I would have been the biggest screaming fan girl on the face of the earth. :-)Kessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15019626781634777336noreply@blogger.com