"Characters, Complicity, and Caring" with a major reference to one of my favorite characters
At Jo Walton's LJ:
"Characters, Complicity and Caring: My Wiscon Speech"
With thanks to bunn for the heads up.
1. People have rec'd Walton's books to me before. I need to get on that.
2. I quite enjoyed the whole thing, especially the part about actions scenes/jeopardy in a non-character-driven piece.
(You know when I usually go to the bathroom during a movie? Long action scene. Best time to go. You won't miss a thing. Whereas if I miss three minutes of intense, quiet dialogue and someone tells me I "didn't miss much," I know that person and I have irreconcilable views of the world.)
3. I liked the GRRM reference. That's one of the things I find admirable in his work.
4. Estraven, okay? Only fictional character I've ever wept buckets over. I will never get over how intriguing and awesome and sad Estraven is.
"Characters, Complicity and Caring: My Wiscon Speech"
With thanks to bunn for the heads up.
1. People have rec'd Walton's books to me before. I need to get on that.
2. I quite enjoyed the whole thing, especially the part about actions scenes/jeopardy in a non-character-driven piece.
(You know when I usually go to the bathroom during a movie? Long action scene. Best time to go. You won't miss a thing. Whereas if I miss three minutes of intense, quiet dialogue and someone tells me I "didn't miss much," I know that person and I have irreconcilable views of the world.)
3. I liked the GRRM reference. That's one of the things I find admirable in his work.
4. Estraven, okay? Only fictional character I've ever wept buckets over. I will never get over how intriguing and awesome and sad Estraven is.