John Scalzi's blog today asks for recommendations for new books. There's a lot of books recommended; nice to see Code Name: Verity is one of them.
I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?
Willow ,'Showtime'
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."
Consuela - Sep 25, 2012 7:07:54 am PDT #19798 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
DavidS - Sep 25, 2012 12:31:51 pm PDT #19799 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Did everybody see Tiger Beatdown's take on George R.R. Martin? (Hint: the "R" stands for Rape!)
Spoilery galore for the books.
Kat - Sep 25, 2012 12:41:51 pm PDT #19800 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Who recc'ed Imaginary Girls? Just finished it. Very enjoyable.
EpicTangent - Sep 25, 2012 1:06:50 pm PDT #19801 of 28344
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Thanks for that, David. I can't read the article at work (Category: Social Networking), but I've been looking for some info on the books. I just randomly discovered a copy of Game of Thrones in my barely-touched bookshelf that holds the jillion or so books I bought (at 4 or 5 for a dollar) when my fave used bookstore lost their lease a few years back. I've been wondering whether to read it - I'm not so into Huge Sweeping Fantasy, so I wasn't sure, despite the love expressed here. Your link looks like it might be helpful, especially since the title implies a certain-hot-button issue.
Amy - Sep 25, 2012 2:13:32 pm PDT #19802 of 28344
Because books.
I think I probably recc'ed Imaginary Girls, Kat. I'm really looking forward to her new novel, too.
hippocampus - Sep 25, 2012 2:15:36 pm PDT #19803 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
I am having a hard time putting Code Name Verity down (this is also Amy's doing). But tonight I am reading Glass Heart, because it just arrived!
Polter-Cow - Sep 25, 2012 2:28:10 pm PDT #19804 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Given what I had heard, I expected ASOIAF to be some huge rapefest, but, thankfully, it is not, at least in the first three books. That is, there is a fair amount of rape in the world, present and past, but there aren't a lot of rape scenes. It's mostly just talked about.
I'm not so into Huge Sweeping Fantasy, so I wasn't sure, despite the love expressed here.
I was the same until I got hooked.
Jessica - Sep 25, 2012 2:52:05 pm PDT #19805 of 28344
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Meh, I disagree pretty strongly with that reading of ASOIAF. But I guess that makes me one of those stupid fans that just can't listen or something.
There are MANY valid criticisms to make about GRRM (Orientalism out the wazoo is only the most obvious), but I hardly think it's useful to simply list every bad thing that happens to all the female characters, willfully misreading at least half of them, and then point and say SEE? SEXISM!
Connie Neil - Sep 25, 2012 3:07:00 pm PDT #19806 of 28344
brillig
It's not like bad things happening to women isn't historically factual.
Jessica - Sep 25, 2012 3:18:30 pm PDT #19807 of 28344
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think there are valid cases to be made that GRRM's portrayal of women is frequently sexist. I think most of the examples in this post are chosen not because they're good arguments but because they're easy rants. (And I'm not sure it's ever helpful to frame an argument as "I could make a good argument, but since you won't listen anyway, here's a really shitty argument with lots of capslock instead." Unless the real goal is click-baiting, in which case well done.)