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- noun Plural form of
juvenile .
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Examples
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I will say that I don't think repackaging the Heinlein juveniles is the way to go.
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I too grew up with the Heinlein "juveniles" which I loved even though they were published before I was born!
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In a very real sense, I've been influenced by everyone I've ever read, from the early Heinlein juveniles and Andre Norton Forerunner books right on through the Beth Bernobich book I finished yesterday.
MIND MELD: Who are Your Literary Influences in the Ongoing Conversation of Science Fiction? 2009
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Continuing her remarkable series of reviews of older sf novels on Tor. com, Jo Walton today looks at Heinlein's Starman Jones (one of my favorite Heinlein juveniles. and his juveniles are my favorite Heinlein altogether!), in a review entitled "Starman Jones, or how Robert A. Heinlein did plot on a good day."
Boing Boing 2009
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If you've run out of Heinlein juveniles to reread, give it a try.
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Because a lot of sf & fantasy was shelved with the children's books, it was very easy for a young reader to slide from Heinlein juveniles to Heinlein adults without supervision, and to soon be reading Dangerous Visions and The Left Hand of Darkness.
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Citizen is one of the best of the Heinlein juveniles (The under-rated Time for the Stars still being my favorite).
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For many readers, tie-ins are a "gateway drug" to get them into the genre, filling the same role that the Heinlein juveniles did in previous decades.
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I'll start with the books and stories that made me an SF reader: the Heinlein juveniles, the Asimov Foundation and Robot stories, and the Groff Conklin golden-age anthos.
MIND MELD: Which Authors and Books Have Most Influenced Your Writing? 2008
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I recall first reading Heinlein juveniles, Andre Norton, Alan Nourse, James Schmitz, and others in the children's section of the public library, back when children were not allowed to take out books from the adult fiction shelves.
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