P-C, that is fantastic! Congratulations!!!
The Bay City Rollers, now that's music.
Giles ,'Sleeper'
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."
sj - Sep 16, 2014 9:30:37 am PDT #22665 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
DavidS - Sep 16, 2014 10:09:08 am PDT #22666 of 28343
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That is fantastic good news! Congratulations, P-Cow.
Sheryl - Sep 16, 2014 1:17:04 pm PDT #22667 of 28343
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Congrats, P-C!
tommyrot - Sep 16, 2014 1:47:58 pm PDT #22668 of 28343
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Congrats, P-C!
ION, I just read a scifi novel where the main character has a gender-neutral name. I'd assumed the character was female. Then I looked at four or five reviews and all the reviewers assumed the character was male. Eventually I figured out the character's gender is never specified.
In case folks don't want to b spoiled, I'll white font the book's name: John Scalzi's Lock In.
Polter-Cow - Sep 16, 2014 2:20:12 pm PDT #22669 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ha, I knew exactly what book you were talking about because I just started it and I assumed the character was male.
They released two audiobooks, one with a male narrator and one with a female narrator.
tommyrot - Sep 16, 2014 2:42:20 pm PDT #22670 of 28343
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That's funny.
I'm trying to figure out why I immediately assumed the character was female. Lack of obvious male speech characteristics? Or maybe because I like female main characters more? I dunno.
Polter-Cow - Sep 16, 2014 4:22:34 pm PDT #22671 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I like female main characters more too, but I think I assumed male partly because the author's main characters are usually male and partly because of inherent sexism: FBI agent = man.
meara - Sep 16, 2014 4:39:37 pm PDT #22672 of 28343
I am intrigued now....but would probably default male given a male author. (And vice-versa if it were a female author)
Pix - Sep 16, 2014 4:51:41 pm PDT #22673 of 28343
The status is NOT quo.
That’s great, P-C! Also happy belated birthday!
Polter-Cow - Sep 16, 2014 6:13:30 pm PDT #22674 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I am intrigued now....but would probably default male given a male author. (And vice-versa if it were a female author)
Yeah, I think that's a common bias. But another bias could be that the reader defaults to their own gender. I read a cool story by A.C. Wise called "The Last Survivor of the Great Sexbot Revolution," which is a neat use of second-person because the gender of the main character is never specified. (And even there I did default to female-by-author (and/or thinking of sexbots as female per male heteronormativity), I think, but the fact that the character is "you" seems to invite the reader to project their own gender.)
Also happy belated birthday!
Thanks!
And thanks to everyone for congratulations! It's wild.