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Apr. 1st, 2013
George RR Martin is a talented, hard-working writer who hit gold with A SONG OF FIRE AND ICE. But its success is also an anchor, keeping him from writing, so complex he has to turn to his fans to keep track of tiny details. New Republic interviews him.
More here.
More here.
More on A Song of Fire and Ice....
Apr. 1st, 2013 10:33 pm"When Did You Get Hooked?" John Lanchester asks in a review in the London Review of Books.
Actually, I'm not. I read the novella when it appeared, long ago, thought it fascinating, and decided that I did not want to read something that violent. There's a quote from Renaissance Faire that I like to use, from the crier for the abbreviated Hamlet performed at the fair. The young man's patter always finished with: "Everybody dies, I die last!"
That's A Song of Fire and Ice. The people I like die, the people I despise die, and the very thing that Lanchester offers up as a selling point -- that Game of Thrones, the HBO hit, is a metaphor for our economic and climate uncertainty -- is what I hate the most. My life is filled with uncertainty. It's not recreation for me to read about that topic. After seeing Peter Dinklage playing Tyrion Lannister, "a worldly, jaded, funny, highly intelligent cynic" who is both a dwarf and possibly the most moral member of the Lannister family, I do root for Tyrion to win the Game of Thrones. But I won't watch that violence and debasement of everything we fought centuries to accomplish as a species.
A famous SF writer once suggested that she preferred SF to fantasy because the medieval age had nothing for women. That is an exaggeration...but not by much.
The review is interesting, whether you love the story or want to know why others like it so much.
Actually, I'm not. I read the novella when it appeared, long ago, thought it fascinating, and decided that I did not want to read something that violent. There's a quote from Renaissance Faire that I like to use, from the crier for the abbreviated Hamlet performed at the fair. The young man's patter always finished with: "Everybody dies, I die last!"
That's A Song of Fire and Ice. The people I like die, the people I despise die, and the very thing that Lanchester offers up as a selling point -- that Game of Thrones, the HBO hit, is a metaphor for our economic and climate uncertainty -- is what I hate the most. My life is filled with uncertainty. It's not recreation for me to read about that topic. After seeing Peter Dinklage playing Tyrion Lannister, "a worldly, jaded, funny, highly intelligent cynic" who is both a dwarf and possibly the most moral member of the Lannister family, I do root for Tyrion to win the Game of Thrones. But I won't watch that violence and debasement of everything we fought centuries to accomplish as a species.
A famous SF writer once suggested that she preferred SF to fantasy because the medieval age had nothing for women. That is an exaggeration...but not by much.
The review is interesting, whether you love the story or want to know why others like it so much.
Deborah has beaten me to this post! So read it from her live journal!
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deborahjross at From SF Signal: Harry Markov Asks “Where Are the Women in Genre?”
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deborahjross at From SF Signal: Harry Markov Asks “Where Are the Women in Genre?” Harry writes:
Gender politics is a messy thing and I don’t like to speak for the whole community, but if we’re still in the active pursuit of the answer to where women in genre are, then we have a problem.
How can you be a part of Women in Genre month?
Express your love for women in fiction on your blogs.
If you’re on Twitter, join the conversation with the hashtag #WomenInGenre
Drop by my blog, The Alternative Typewriter, and leave comments with the names of the women in genre you value on any post from April 1st to April 30th. Once April concludes, I’ll gather all the names in one comprehensive list and see just how many women there are in genre.
Check out and support Fantasy Café’s “Women in SF&F Month“, which served as motivation and inspiration to create this project. Kristen is doing this for a second year and has planned a very busy month of contributions by and about women in genre.
Oh, and you can also buy my books [grin!]
[GUEST POST] Harry Markov Asks “Where Are the Women in Genre?” - SF Signal
Gender politics is a messy thing and I don’t like to speak for the whole community, but if we’re still in the active pursuit of the answer to where women in genre are, then we have a problem.
How can you be a part of Women in Genre month?Express your love for women in fiction on your blogs.
If you’re on Twitter, join the conversation with the hashtag #WomenInGenre
Drop by my blog, The Alternative Typewriter, and leave comments with the names of the women in genre you value on any post from April 1st to April 30th. Once April concludes, I’ll gather all the names in one comprehensive list and see just how many women there are in genre.
Check out and support Fantasy Café’s “Women in SF&F Month“, which served as motivation and inspiration to create this project. Kristen is doing this for a second year and has planned a very busy month of contributions by and about women in genre.
Oh, and you can also buy my books [grin!]
[GUEST POST] Harry Markov Asks “Where Are the Women in Genre?” - SF Signal