Well, where are people discussing this sort of thing? I mean, there's deadbrowalking which deals with live action depictions of people of color in sci-fi, but other than that?
Don't see it much.
Thanks so much for the rcs. I may check them out later but I've got a stack of books I need to attack and digest.
I've read Four Ways To Forgiveness as well as all of Tiptree's ouevre but I've given Spider Robinson wide berth after an unfortunate encounter with a novel that I've since shoved forcibly out of my mind. I've not read Vernor Vinge's stuff either. Of course I've dealt with Delaney who is brilliant and relentless but gently so.
:)
Currently, I've been dealing with Nalo Hopkinson, Jewelle Gomez, Sandra Jackson Opoku. I loathe Tanarive Due's stuff, though. :)
And I know that, should you want to discuss most (some of them are obscure even within their genre) of these books with like-minded people, such people do exist within speculative fiction fandom, and easily outnumber cretins like redhawk.
Well, I'm willing to listen to thoughtful, polite people who are in the habit of deconstructing privilege in the context of speculative fiction. Though, it's interesting that you assumed that I hadn't known of many of the books you've mentioned. :)
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Re: part 2: the books
Date: 2004-12-20 09:35 am (UTC)Don't see it much.
Thanks so much for the rcs. I may check them out later but I've got a stack of books I need to attack and digest.
I've read Four Ways To Forgiveness as well as all of Tiptree's ouevre but I've given Spider Robinson wide berth after an unfortunate encounter with a novel that I've since shoved forcibly out of my mind. I've not read Vernor Vinge's stuff either. Of course I've dealt with Delaney who is brilliant and relentless but gently so.
:)
Currently, I've been dealing with Nalo Hopkinson, Jewelle Gomez, Sandra Jackson Opoku. I loathe Tanarive Due's stuff, though. :)
And I know that, should you want to discuss most (some of them are obscure even within their genre) of these books with like-minded people, such people do exist within speculative fiction fandom, and easily outnumber cretins like redhawk.
Well, I'm willing to listen to thoughtful, polite people who are in the habit of deconstructing privilege in the context of speculative fiction. Though, it's interesting that you assumed that I hadn't known of many of the books you've mentioned. :)
Where do you go for conversation in this vein?