I'm trying to find a description of a character from Octavia Butler, and I keep getting distracted by the self-reflexive quandary of whitewashing book covers. Wouldn't it be nice if the standard "I didn't read the book, but this picture was already half done!" misrepresentation of book covers also mistakenly, errantly, casually put more black people up too?
While it's nothing new that authors at most editors won't be calling the cover shots, from the bouncing around (all roads lead back to Jemisin) it seems clear that a rationale is put forward for this inconsistency--black people don't swimread, and they don't sell book covers.
But what I am seeing as well is a few authors crowing about how wonderful Orbit is, since they don't hesitate to put black protagonists on covers (I'm at three happy authors right now--Jemisin's first book originally had the black protagonist on it, but they removed her for general design reasons that she understands and supports, so I'm counting that as a win like she does). Aside from the issues of misrepresentation and erasure, apparently too many bookstores will file anything with a black person on the cover in their "urban" section, so even if you get the cover your book deserves, general sci fi fans might still have a hard time stumbling upon it.
Outside of sci fi and fantasy, is this still pervasive?
Huh, le nubian, that's interesting. I'm planning on reading
Old Man's War
and the rest of the series soon. With regards to
The Human Division,
though, it appears that it has been renewed for a second season, so maybe a conclusion of some sort is forthcoming? He's experimenting with the serial novel format.
So, I heard it has been renewed, but I'm kind of not interested. I talk a big game, so I might just return to it if I get bored or something.
I don't expect a "she saved the world" kind of Buffy thing, but you know how like with Feed, there was an underlying BIG mystery (or two) going on, but there were book to book plot arcs that propelled the narrative?
Nothing propels the narrative.
I have never read a book like this before.
Heh. Well, it'll be interesting when I get to it.
Are the InCryptid fans aware of the Jonathan and Fran stories Seanan's been posting for free? They're a lot of fun, and today's story is great.
For what it's worth, the rust in the water was temporary - they'd been working on the water heater - and it cleared in a minute or so. Just enough to scare me.
I just realized that HoL may have quashed my dream of a secret passageway in my house.
Mad thanks to PC for a favor of the introducing kind.
You're quite welcome.
Has anyone else gotten the new Kindle update?? It's so rare that updates don't make me decry change in general, but the new look is kind of snazzy, and HOLY SHIT THE TIME TO READ FEATURE IS ALL I EVER WANTED. It calculates your reading speed and
tells you how long you have until the end of the chapter and the book.
Finally, FINALLY,
this changes everything.
