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The Other Side of Tomorrow

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I used to read the hell out of this book in junior high school and I just found it again recently, and the stories in here are pretty fantastic! recommended to fans of surreal, dark speculative fiction. Don't let the fact that it is geared towards adolescents through you off. It's pretty damn good.

Reading it again almost 30 years later, I was surprised how dark these stories were, with tragic endings more often than not. I sure didn't remember it that way. Amazing and well written, but read it yourself before letting the kids have it.

The other side of tomorrow is a collection of short science fiction stories geared toward the reading level of young adults. Stories include the life of youths in a futuristic prison designed for youth traffic offenders who couldn't put away their racing gloves; the prison is designed to let them race until life in the fast lane takes its natural course. Among other stories is the tale of a very Orwellian society where children learn by plugging themselves into a computer. With goverment-controlled media and eyes everywhere, one youth is determined to tear down the goverment's shroud of virtue to reveal the intentions behind it...