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The Literary Mish-Mash (December Reading)

Jan 02, 2006 12:42

The Tapir's Morning Bath (Elizabeth Royce): Nonfiction. Journalist spends a year in and out of Barro Colorado Island, studying the scientists. Subtitled, "Mysteries of the Tropical Rainforest and the Scientists Who Are Trying to Solve Them", which is the most ponderous part of the book, right there, so the rest of the narrative can leave that ( Read more... )

a: dickens charles, a: cherryh cj, 2005 reading, a: lightman alan, a: gaiman neil, a: royce elizabeth

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Cherryh dsgood January 3 2006, 01:27:36 UTC

Cherryh's characters do learn, usually. I think.

One pattern I've noticed which I haven't seen anyone comment on: a Cherryh novel usually has a dominant female and a submissive male. Not necessarily in a sexual relationship; the ultra-bitch grandmother and the protagonist in the series which includes Foreigner aren't.

Re: Cherryh ase January 3 2006, 21:09:39 UTC

One pattern I've noticed which I haven't seen anyone comment on

I see people comment, but they don't go anywhere with it. Is it a deliberate reversal of the common gender dynamic? Is it just that Cherryh finds it an easy thing to write? Everyone says, but no one really goes anywhere with the thought. Which may be interesting to consider in its own right.