Look, the US (and what happens in the US affects all of us, stop kidding yourself otherwise) is having its Presidential Inauguration today. I could post pictures of me doing headstands on the top of the Eiffel Tower, it’s not going to get a lot of notice, if any (see the UK authorities hastily putting majorly socially high-explosive issues before the courts today.) So: all I am going to say is my congratulations, I hope lessons have been learned and the US goes from strength to strength – because, even if it not my country, we’re all downstream from it. And it looks like it might be a world just calling out for books like my next: A Heinlein Juvenile style aimed at younger boys. This makes me very pleased, as I naturally want everyone to read it :-).
Have a wonderful day, and I hope it is precursor to many more.
Mad Genius Club 
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We here in the US we need to understand that regardless of who we supported, there will be a number of unexpected events.
A Heinlein Juvenile style aimed at younger boys could be a good vehicle to help young boys deal these types of events.
I’d love to have more books about, “guys, exciting stuff can happen when you’re not planning on excitement. Here’s how to power through, and when to ask for a hand or two (or three, depending on species.)”
Assuming my Library Board meets tomorrow (it may be canceled due to snow – I live on the Texas Gulf Coast) I plan to raise the issue of a lack of boy-friendly books being published during the Chairman’s comments. The head librarian is sympathetic. She noted that when a teen reader (presumably male) asked for a new SF book featuring a male protagonist she was unable to find one published in the last two years. Even by Baen.
Make sure I know when it is out and make sure there is a print edition available. I can pretty much guarantee one library sale.
As in, in the library? Because I know Baen’s put out a few lately…give me a second…here we go.
The Icarus Job and The Icarus Changeling, Timothy Zahn; Disquiet Gods, Christopher Ruocchio; Beyond the Ranges, John Ringo and James Aidee; Rebel, David Weber and Richard Fox.
The only one I might not recommend to a teenage boy might be the Ringo, but that would depend on age.
I released the second book in this duology in March 2023, so it’s still a little under the two-year mark at this point: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNGWVPMH
Speaking of which, I need to get cracking on the print book cover updates for those two. And put out the two-in-one collection at some point this year.
OT, but Dave, that marsupial looks as if someone owes him money.
From what I’ve seen marsupials in general tend to look somewhat less than gruntled.
About normal 🙂
I’ve read most of those and reviewed several. None of those had a male, teen protagonist. None of them qualify as Young Adult. They are fine books, but they are all in the adult SF section of the library.
Ah. That does limit things a bit. That having been said, I suspect the young man in question could probably handle them.
Okay, sorry, didn’t grasp the part about teen protagonist. The teenagers I grew up with read SF/Fantasy books about grownup(…ish) people as long as the characters didn’t do anything too gross, and didn’t give a hoot whether the protagonist was under the age of eighteen or not.
Well, The Witch Child And The Scarlet Fleet has a young male protagonist, but it’s from 2016, and also it’s only a novella.
And some of its content may not be appropriate for younger boys, come to think of it.
A rising tide lifts all boats. Lets hope for high tides and good sailing for us and our friends.