The Seattle Post-Intelligencer had an article yesterday about the recent boom in book-buying by teens -- up 25% from 1999 to 2005, by one measure. What's selling? "Fantasy and graphic novels are especially hot" -- and, of course, most of those graphic novels have fantasy elements.

So are these kids going to pour into the adult SFF world over the next few years? (Or are they already here?) And is there any chance for a similar boom in science fiction for teenagers? (Yes, I know Scott Westerfeld's very popular -- and doing great stuff -- but he can't carry the field all by himself...)