tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post8348789497215114571..comments2023-07-15T04:20:16.543-05:00Comments on Almost Diamonds: Saturday Storytime: All Cats Are GrayStephanie Zvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15182490110208080002noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-12793878171294982512011-04-26T21:33:30.927-05:002011-04-26T21:33:30.927-05:00Juniper, I don't get much chance, but I do sti...Juniper, I don't get much chance, but I do still write a bit of fiction. I'm so glad that me posting these led you to something you liked (even if you do now have to wait for it).<br /><br />And to everything else, both Juniper and Lynn, just <i>yes</i>.Stephanie Zvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182490110208080002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-41410988451854904342011-04-18T22:34:31.910-05:002011-04-18T22:34:31.910-05:00I think Andre Norton was my entre into fantasy and...I think Andre Norton was my entre into fantasy and sci-fi (except for the Narnia series). The first ones I remember reading were the cat ones. I had been reading books with animals and I suppose one of hers caught my eye. <br /> <br />I read all of Norton's books in our school library. I really wanted more. I did not know if the author was male or female, but I always thought of Norton as female. I don't think there was anything on the book jackets then about her gender because I recall being confused. I could be wrong about that, it was probably about 1980 when I read them. <br /><br />I think the first was <i>Breed to Come</i>, but can't recall. Maybe read some of the Magic series, <i>Octagon Magic</i> sounds right.<br />I suppose I should look at some of her later stuff. I don't read much fiction anymore, except to my daughter.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14935413679895812412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-50418353609932406552011-04-17T03:31:36.310-05:002011-04-17T03:31:36.310-05:00Duuude. . .
Ironically, I was just writing to my ...Duuude. . .<br /><br />Ironically, I was just writing to my sister about <i>A Song of Ice and Fire</i>. That's because I just noticed that <i>A Dance with Dragons</i> is due out this November. I stopped keeping up with the series a few years ago because Martin took so damn long to produce <i>A Feast for Crows</i> that I finally got fed up before he did. :-) <br /><br />Martin doesn't write in the style that I prefer-- I prefer stuff that reads like old-school literature-- but I'd forgiven him that for the all-engrossing political machinations of his characters. Additionally, while I was reading <i>Ice and Fire</i>, I always appreciated its pacifist's perspective-- war is all devastating violence and stone-cold calculation and no glory in this series-- and I <i>sometimes</i> felt that it was a slightly weird series for a brown person to be reading, for reasons that are not bad and that I don't feel like elaborating upon right now. But I never thought of it as "boys' only". Why do people think it's only for boys? Because girls only read fantasy novels about princesses and unicorns? <br /><br />Yeah, unlike a lot of the female science bloggers, I'm irredeemably girly and I like some of that shit, too. That's who I am. But that's not all I like. That's who I am, too. <br /><br />Like you, I've liked fantasy for a very long time. I am old enough to have been subjected to the "black girls don't read fantasy" stereotype alongside the "black girls don't listen to grunge" one, but it never stopped me on either account. It is totally bizarre, how proprietary some assholes can get with whole genres of art.<br /><br />Anyway, before I clicked that link and got all exercised, I came to tell you that I really like the Saturday Storytime series. Since you posted N.K. Jemisin's "Non-Zero Probabilities", I've purchased and devoured both <i>The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms</i> and <i>The Broken Kingdoms</i>. (Yeah. Even though you posted a warning about the books not all being out yet. I probably should have heeded the warning.) It is a nice addition to your blog. And I also came to say that I hope you're still writing your own stories whenever you get a chance.Juniper Shoemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139181817352528656noreply@blogger.com