Because of Farah's vast knowledge and experience in the field, I tend to defer to her on this topic; however, the other person I tend to defer to is you. Her article makes feel thinky, thirsty for more scifi knowledge, and also a little skeptical on a few of the points. But I have the least knowledge of the three of us BY FAR. You've personally taught me much of what I know about scifi, and I wish I could read more adult scifi ongoingly, for fun as much as background. I simply haven't the spoons for that, so I figure I'd count in her book as one of the people who shouldn't be reviewing YA scifi at all for Kirkus. This makes me sad because I love it so, but I also understand the point, and I certainly see (and have been pondering for years) the oddness of "childen's lit" being considered a single specialty. There are plenty of types of children's lit that I don't (and wouldn't) review for Kirkus exactly because they're not my specialty and frankly feel like "not my field": poetry that isn't a free verse story; most nonfiction; most anthologies; early readers.