wednesday reading on tuesday

[ritaxis]

I reread LeGuin's The Dispossessed. This is a title that one cannot spell unless one is very lucky in grabbing Scrabble tiles, and also it is a word that it is hard to stop spelling: dissposssesssesssed. It's really fascinating to see what kind of ancient things she kept in -- slide rules, for example. But when she wrote it slide rules were the

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[boxofdelights]

I enjoyed Alif the Unseen, by G. Willow Wilson, although it does have a prince as a secondary character. I don't remember any harems in the sense of plural wives, but you do see the harem in the sense of "a woman's place is in the home." So, probably not going to work as a palate cleanser.

However! If you enjoy comic books (and if your library carries comics) I whole-heartedly recommend Ms. Marvel, also written by G. Willow Wilson. Kamala Khan is a teenager, a Muslim, an American of Pakistani descent, and a delight.

[ritaxis]

Thanks! I don't think the mere entry of a buit of those themes completely disqualifies a story, if the story itself admits that Muslim cultures (plural!) undergo the same processes of change as the rest of humanity.

[affreca]

Sorry about the drive by comment, but for a palate cleanser I recommend Sarah Zettel's Fool's War. Main character is a Muslim woman. No harems.

[ritaxis]

Thank you! No worries...myself, I often browse through James Nicholl's friends page for variety.

[carbonel]

This reminds me of the way subject titles lasted forever on rasff, and there was one something like "Paper on Anarres" that started out on topic but migrated away fairly soon. But the subject header remained.

At least, I think it was rasff. Definitely Usenet, anyway.

[ocotillo_dawn]

Love my scifi, and know LeGuin is a master of the craft. Despite that, I enjoy little of what she writes. Though I am in general agreement with her opinions, I dislike being pounded over the head with them. So for me, at least, she does NOT get away with it, and I strive to respect my readers intelligence a bit more than I felt she respected mine. I enjoy a bit more subtlety and a light touch. But she has her following, so if you want to preach, you should!

Oh. And Hi! I've been catching up with posts and was going to comment on a more recent of yours, but couldn't resist pounding you over the head with my opinion of LeGuin. *ahem* :)