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You're hurting my head again, SF/F

May 09, 2009 08:44

I imagine some kind of buzz is getting started concerning just how much FAIL is inherent in Patricia Wrede's new novel The Thirteenth Child in which she decides to retell the history of the Americas by erasing the people who were here long before Europeans decided to come. Instead of finding people, the Europeans who come over find magical animals ( Read more... )

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requested response anonymous May 10 2009, 05:31:32 UTC

Hello, Fiction_Theory, total stranger off the Internet ( ... )

Re: requested response skywardprodigal May 11 2009, 04:16:26 UTC

About Oscar Wao and PoC in SF & F 9: What I heard about you, and what that meant for me.

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Re: requested response yeloson May 11 2009, 04:55:02 UTC

Well, you know, maybe we didn't show up in the books she read... you know, history books and such...

Looks like we don't need speculative fiction to already be an alternate history.

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Re: requested response yeloson May 11 2009, 05:26:57 UTC

Right! I never had arguments with kids from the neighborhood who descended from Haitian, Cambodian, Vietnamese, or Samoan immigrants about whether Wolverine could beat the Hulk.

We totally never thought about how both the Mutant Massacre and The Dark Crystal reflected fantasy versions of the horror our histories.

There was never a flood of multiplatinum POC musicians on mainstream radio in the late 80's - early 90's who not only dropped Star Wars, Trek and comic book references left and right, but even went as far as taking on stage names to reflect that.

And certainly, my friends with more history than myself NEVER had a set of books where the protagonist on the cover didn't reflect the person described inside. (And Leguin never got letters from fans thanking her for POC characters, never).

Nope, not us. People of color just lack the... intellect and imagination to envision things that aren't in front of them. You can tell from our dry mythologies and lack of creativity!

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Re: requested response yeloson May 11 2009, 06:22:32 UTC

I think I'll go watch Godzilla and listen to Isleys' Voyage to Atlantis, and wait for the Mothership Connection...

Re: requested response ext_59120 May 11 2009, 07:32:43 UTC

Stevie Wonder. The Secret Life of Plants. I'm a have a stressful day later. It will soothe me.

Re: requested response sparkymonster May 11 2009, 14:25:40 UTC

BRB off to the Chocolate Milky Way.

Re: requested response ankh156 May 11 2009, 14:42:58 UTC

What was it the Good Doctor said ?

"They say the bigger the headace, the bigger the pill. Call me The Big Pill".

Gotta love him.

Re: requested response sparkymonster May 11 2009, 15:57:29 UTC

If you got faults, defects or shortcomings,
You know, like arthritis, rheumatism or migraines,
Whatever part of your body it is,
I want you to lay it on your radio, let the vibes flow through.
Funk not only moves, it can re-move, dig?
The desired effect is what you get

Re: requested response badgerbag May 12 2009, 01:53:32 UTC

Funk upon a time, in the days of the Funkapus, the concept of specially-designed Afronauts capable of funkatizing galaxies was first laid on man-child...

and some contemporary crazypants from janelle monae. delux_vivens May 11 2009, 16:38:39 UTC

Re: and some contemporary crazypants from janelle monae. yeloson May 12 2009, 03:56:24 UTC

Nope no evidence whatsoever of POC geekiness.

Re: requested response skywardprodigal May 11 2009, 18:44:13 UTC

Don't you mean Gojira?

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