Nummy! That sounds like a first-rate set of panels.
Our bookclub read Vendana Singh's novella about a green mathematician, and we all hungered for *more book*. The world-building was fascinating, and it felt like she ran out of pages too abruptly to follow through on the plot. Did you understand her to say there is a prospect for full book?
It's frustrating how tenaciously mainstream publishers hold on to the white-male-enabled-het so-called norm. Even books with non-white heroines get white girls slapped on the cover; even books set outside the U.S/UK axis are narrated by "us" in the center.
You said This made me very aware of how i should be reviewing audiobooks more critically. I'm intrigued: I was under the impression that you avoid audio editions whenever possible, because the narrator's choices drive a wedge between you and the text. Have I got that right?
"Radiant Cool" is cataloged as "didactic fiction" at my local. Tee hee hee.
I had the good luck to see Sita projected on a big screen, and it was visually entrancing: four different animation styles to reinforce the differing viewpoints. The audio is pretty darn wonderful as well!
Now that I can finally visit the Boston area without fear of encountering my relatives, Readercon sounds highly worthwhile.
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Date: 2010-07-13 11:28 pm (UTC)Our bookclub read Vendana Singh's novella about a green mathematician, and we all hungered for *more book*. The world-building was fascinating, and it felt like she ran out of pages too abruptly to follow through on the plot. Did you understand her to say there is a prospect for full book?
It's frustrating how tenaciously mainstream publishers hold on to the white-male-enabled-het so-called norm. Even books with non-white heroines get white girls slapped on the cover; even books set outside the U.S/UK axis are narrated by "us" in the center.
You said This made me very aware of how i should be reviewing audiobooks more critically. I'm intrigued: I was under the impression that you avoid audio editions whenever possible, because the narrator's choices drive a wedge between you and the text. Have I got that right?
"Radiant Cool" is cataloged as "didactic fiction" at my local. Tee hee hee.
I had the good luck to see Sita projected on a big screen, and it was visually entrancing: four different animation styles to reinforce the differing viewpoints. The audio is pretty darn wonderful as well!
Now that I can finally visit the Boston area without fear of encountering my relatives, Readercon sounds highly worthwhile.