More complaining about science-fiction conventions

[brendandetzner]

Yup, read something on Facebook and wound up BLOGGING ACCIDENTALLY.

BUT FIRST:

*I'M FEATURED AT GUMBO FICTION SALON WITH RICHARD THOMAS ON THE 15TH!

*BAD GRAMMAR THEATER TWO DAYS LATER!

And some background before we get to the meat of the sandwich. NK Jemisin spoke powerfully about her experiences with racism and sexism in the sci-fi community at

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Found some great authors

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I read a lot about the Wiscon brouhaha, and one of the great things that came out of it was that I discovered a bunch of authors I was unfamiliar with. There were several authors who not only wrote good responses, but I thought their message was so powerful that I wanted to support them the best way I know how - and that was to buy their books. The joyful bonus was that I loved nearly all of them.

RE: Found some great authors

[brendandetzner]

That is the best possible result, and isn't it wild how that works? The undergraduate philosophy major in me almost wants a good counterexample, somebody whose work I love that isn't the same side of the argument as I am. But by and large, yeah, people who are interested in their fellow human beings in all their variety write better books than people who aren't.