I should have said almost, I guess. Race isn't a big focus in historical British literature, or most European literature, unless I'm completely wrong. And I absolutely could be. I just couldn't think of examples that address it the way Huck Finn and other American literature does.
Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.
'Harm's Way'
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Amy - Jul 15, 2013 7:56:06 am PDT #21060 of 28370
Because books.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2013 8:06:58 am PDT #21061 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
When British literature touches the colonies (and unsurprisingly my reading is skewed thusly) it is reasonably often a big deal. And when it's not it is therefore in hindsight, because it takes a lot of work to ignore that shit. I think of Kipling and Achebe and Stevenson and Defoe when I think of the genre.
Amy - Jul 15, 2013 8:42:26 am PDT #21062 of 28370
Because books.
That's a bunch of people I never really read. So, like I said, if I'm wrong, I apologize.
le nubian - Jul 15, 2013 8:46:41 am PDT #21063 of 28370
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm reading Divergent by Veronica Roth right now and from the first chapter, the book has me hooked. I'm about 60% of the way right now (can you tell I'm reading on a Kindle?) and my early affection for the book is a bit more muted, but I'm still hooked.
I find the events of the book pretty realistic (and periodically horrifying) given Roth's world-building.
For those who liked Hunger Games, I recommend it.
Steph L. - Jul 15, 2013 10:48:42 am PDT #21064 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I read that and REALLY liked it. The sequel (Insurgent) is pretty good, too, and sets up the last book in the trilogy (which I think is supposed to be out in October) really well.
Pix - Jul 15, 2013 10:56:20 am PDT #21065 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
Yep, I really enjoyed the first two in that series as well. I liked the fact that Roth resists the Hunger Games temptation to make the female protagonist a bleak, empty shell of herself as the story progresses.
Polter-Cow - Jul 15, 2013 11:00:58 am PDT #21066 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've been wondering whether those books were good since they seem to be the new Hunger Games in terms of popularity and getting a movie made out of them. I may check them out once the whole trilogy's done.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2013 11:27:40 am PDT #21067 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I almost didn't read a EW article on the movie because it was so Next Hunger Games, but the pictures did really look fun.
le nubian - Jul 15, 2013 11:59:25 am PDT #21068 of 28370
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Thing is, plot-wise it isn't really much like Hunger Games.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2013 12:03:25 pm PDT #21069 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
plot-wise it isn't really much like Hunger Games
I don't think most of the Next Hunger Games are, so I'm not sure why they hit that angle in sympathetic messaging. I'm sufficiently not stupid that I can make an actual call. Please to treat me that way. I just stopped and thought if any of the NHG had been all that Hunger Gamey in a way I thought derivative or boring, remembered no, and then cracked the dumb magazine.
I guess whoever she is would love to be the next Jennifer Lawrence, but that's about it.