Not sure where Young Adult begins since I read Orson Scott Card in a college class but Isaac Asimov "End of Eternity" still resonates with me as incredible premonition of the internet, also by Asimov "The Naked Sun" as well as Orson Scott Card "Speaker for the Dead" - Matt Terenzio

Naked Sun was the only one I read from the very popular Robot series of Asimov - Matt Terenzio

yeah agreed matt - have read all of them - mike "glemak" dunn

Where does A Wrinkle In Time fall in to things? - Alex Scoble

Being partial to Ender's Game, I offered it to an 8 year old as a birthday present. I heard later that it was confiscated by his mother who opened it and saw the word "bugger" <grins> - Kisholi

ender's seems more like a 12 y/o story but i know some 8 y/o that'd be total appropriate for... - mike "glemak" dunn

it fits alex - mike "glemak" dunn

Accelerondo - Charles Stross; Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - Cory Doctorow; Diaspora - Greg Egan (a bit technical); A Fire Upon the Deep – Vernor Vinge; Against the Fall of Night - Arthur C. Clarke (out of print - may be hard to find) - Stuart Dambrot

Overclocked - Cory Doctorow (short stories - note Anda's Game, an "update" of Ender's Game; and I, Robot and I, Rowboat, of the original I, Robot) - Stuart Dambrot

I just picked up Ender's Game to start reading today. - James Ferguson

I never liked Ender's Game to be honest. Little Brother was a great book. - Aram Zucker-Scharff

aram - re: ender - blasphemy & agreed on little bro ;) <seriously> to each his own </seriously> - mike "glemak" dunn

Stranger in a Strange Land (most Robert Heinlein), A Place so Foreign +8 (most Cory Doctorow), The Diamond Age, Dune... - Rafael Robayna

I read Ender's game when I was in highschool, or maybe middle school. While I enjoyed it at the time, I don't know if I would enjoy it as much with my current tastes in books. I'll have to crack open my copy and go through it again to see if it stands the test of time. Been wanting to read Little Brother for a while now, think that may be my next one to pick up when I finish my current series. - Aaron Kurtz

yeah good point - we are discussing young adult scifi books that'll wet their appetite towards the genre (ya normally being 13-20 y/o - but some argue for younger which depends on the kid really)... - mike "glemak" dunn