Last night's viewing of Ghost in the Shell has made me think more about the potential queerness of reproduction in science fiction. It's something that I first touched on last July in relation to Arthur C. Clarke and just a couple of days ago with Ryman and (perhaps?) Butler. Last summer I'd written about what I thought was a serious problem with ( Read more... )

As is her wont, matociquala wrote a fantastic post on writing, this one on the importance of real life, of the life experiences of people not at the epicentre of great events.

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The acute mhw considers this question "Just because you're Canadian doesn't mean we hate you", on the defensiveness of Canadians about their nation's apparent reputation as a warm and friendly nation (is this right). A fun exchange in the comments:

rfmcdpei: "Usually when the "good Canadian" is brought up the "ugly American" is lurking somewhere. Or not ( Read more... )

I picked up Kazuo Ishiguro's latest, Never Let Me Go, up on seven-day loan at the Toronto Reference Library this evening. The ending has been spoiled for me by the numerous reviews, but then I spoiled myself for the end of Season 6 Buffy the Vampire Slayer and still enjoyed the conclusion. It's all about the mechanics, about how it gets to that ( Read more... )