(Just for you sadock)

It's not like Scott will be writing two different versions of each book; one for 'casting and one for print. That would just be silly.

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A life vacant of laughter is not worth exerting the effort it takes to live it.

btw, I love the new avatar. You're just obsessed with sharp pointy teeth in general, aren't you?

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A life vacant of laughter is not worth exerting the effort it takes to live it.

When I first posted I wasn't really thinking about what I was writing. I now realize that it looks bad in more then a few ways. I would never stop reading any author simply because they chose to clean up the language. And curse free verse is not a bad thing considering most of the authors I read don't get an R rating on there books. I like what Scott does now and I would read or listen to almost anything he may put out.

And Im sorry if anyone thought I was being a fair weather fan with my comments. Im prone to just being stupid sometimes.

On one knee I beg your forgiveness everyone.

Humbly yours,

Jayguana

But at the same time, there's always the podcast if that's what I want. And making it young adult opens it up to more buyers, which is also a smart move. Of course, I would have enjoyed the adult version, but the young adult version makes sense. And, either way, I'm getting some goooooood Sigler crack. :)

"Urban legends go well with parmesan and horror. In fact their name is conveniently one and the same: Stevie." {UNdead GirlCo Knight for Sigler}

...by the alleged "young adultness" of The Rookie. It's a great example of how fucked-up our concept of "adult" is here in the US. (I'm reminded of the idiot critics of Kick Ass who are angry that the 11-year old girl cusses up a storm but don't mind that she's killing people left and right.) Considering what so many of the main characters do in the book, it seems astonishingly silly that the story can be reclassified for the sake of a few thinly coded swear words. 

So as far as I'm concerned, The Rookie is a fully adult book with a few coy edits designed to allow parents to give the book to kids with a clean conscience.* I hope that trend continues.

*Or maybe I don't read enough YA fiction?

-- Anticitizen42