Sylvia Engdahl's Blog - Posts Tagged "coming-of-age"

I have just published new Kindle and epub editions of Journey Between Worlds, my novel about the colonization of Mars. (The older ebook editions, which were priced much too high, are no longer available since Penguin longer has the rights to the book.) This novel has never reached many of the readers for whom it was intended, as it was marketed exclusively as science fiction and it's of greatest interest to girls and women who don't usually read science fiction -- it's mainly a romance, and is enjoyed by those who don't care for space adventure. I've always been sad that it wasn't as widely read as my other YA novels, and I hope it will find some new readers now, especially considering the current growing interest in Mars.

If you read a paper edition of the book please be sure it is the 2006 hardcover or 2007 paperback, not the 1970 hardcover. Some of the reviews here evidently refer to the 1970 edition, which has references to outdated technology and reflects attitudes that are now considered sexist and old fashioned. Significant revision was done for the 2006 edition and additional minor updating has been done in the new 2015 edition.