One of my favorite writers is Ursula Leguin, and I am not a sci-fi reader per se.
Lorne: Take care of yourself and ah, make sure fluffy is getting enough love. Gunn: Did he have anything? Fred: No. And who's fluffy? Are you fluffy? Gunn: He called me fluffy? Fred: He said make sure…wait. You don't think he was referring to anything of mine that's fluffy, do you? Because that would just be inappropriate.
'Conviction (1)'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
javachik - Aug 04, 2010 2:00:55 pm PDT #11811 of 28343
Our wings are not tired.
§ ita § - Aug 04, 2010 2:05:28 pm PDT #11812 of 28343
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If only I had noticed the skin colour in Earthsea, I could have waved it in her face. Because, for sure, there was very little happening in my books with minorities. And when there was, I didn't pay much attention.
I'm not sure how I visualised Ged...he sort of didn't have a look, until I saw it explicitly called out. Somehow I skimmed over that particular description.
Sometimes I catch it, sometimes I don't.
For the record, I also never noticed that the Anansi Boys protagonists weren't white...not for sure. I figured they were West Indian, and I did wonder, but I didn't notice that Gaiman was only describing white characters by their race, because that's not something I associate with black people.
Especially not Jamaican ones. We will usually tell you the precise shade of skin of the person we're talking about.
Typo Boy - Aug 04, 2010 3:42:30 pm PDT #11813 of 28343
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Didn't whats her name write a really cool poem about how to describe different shades? My own senior moment. Really famous African-American poet. Still living. Like one first two or three women one thinks of when talking African-American poets.
Dana - Aug 04, 2010 3:43:28 pm PDT #11814 of 28343
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Maya Angelou?
Aims - Aug 04, 2010 3:43:39 pm PDT #11815 of 28343
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Maya Angelou?
Aims - Aug 04, 2010 3:43:54 pm PDT #11816 of 28343
Shit's all sorts of different now.
t terrorist fist bump with Dana
Dana - Aug 04, 2010 3:44:12 pm PDT #11817 of 28343
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
We should go get gay married in California.
Hil R. - Aug 04, 2010 3:44:34 pm PDT #11818 of 28343
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Maya Angelou?
Aims - Aug 04, 2010 3:44:55 pm PDT #11819 of 28343
Shit's all sorts of different now.
We should. And bring Hil.
Typo Boy - Aug 04, 2010 3:45:13 pm PDT #11820 of 28343
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah. Really a brain fart to mentally block on Maya Angelou. Much worse than not remembering Doris Lessing. If I can't remember William Shakespeare I'll really start worrying.