To try to inspire myself on my NaNovel, I have acquired books from the library. (This is not procrastination. This is research. really.)

Link to my (spoilery, extremely rambling) review on 50books_POC This is the first Octavia Butler I've read, and I wasn't sure what to expect. It's also- this is kind of embarrassing, but it's been ages since I've ( Read more... )

The Stand is making me kind of cranky, you guys! Are there any good post-apocalyptic books that *aren't* all "Well, now that the world has ended, no adventures for the ladies! BABIES FOR YOU. Also, only white people and Magical Black Ladies are immune to the superflu or whatever BY STRANGE COINCIDENCE."

Alternately, any interesting essays on The ( Read more... )

Ignoring, for the moment, the content of the following paragraph*, is it just me or is there something... off about it?

"It must be [a mix of genetics and cultural influence], but the interesting question is how much of each. If social pressure is everything, then the images and lessons we give to youth of both sexes, through films, books, ( Read more... )