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phantom_wolfboy

Read Recently -- October

Nov 25, 2009 04:26

The Science of Good & Evil: Why people cheat, gossip, care, share, and follow the golden rule by Michael Shermer

As a general rule, when you see a book with a title like, "the science of x", it is well to be wary (it is imperative to be wary where 'x' is some popular culture phenomenon, such as a TV show or movie series--in these cases, there ( Read more... )

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shadesong November 25 2009, 11:43:24 UTC

Even though Lee/Miller's space opera stuff is rape-free, I had a feeling when I saw your cut-tag... yep.

Well. One more to talk about on the "Take Back the Sci-Fi" panel at Arisia!

(also hee at being the wrong kind of company.)

phantom_wolfboy November 25 2009, 11:49:53 UTC

Well, you've certainly helped shape my opinion on this matter. FWIW, I was thinking of "Hey Elizabeth!"/"The Angel of Freemont Street" as a rape-driven/influenced story that does it right.

shadesong November 25 2009, 11:53:44 UTC

Thank you. :)

cissa November 27 2009, 00:04:08 UTC

I was not impressed with the one Lee/Miller book I've read, but this one seems like a truly solid NO. Thank you.

sausconys_books November 27 2009, 13:59:27 UTC

I've liked Lee and Miller's space opera so I was looking forward to Duainfey, but then the reviews started appearing and I immediately took it off my wishlist. It's not that I won't read books with rape in them, but it has to be handled extremely sensitively for me not to bash the book into a wall.