Given that I revived this series in part because of AO3’s Hugo win, I was extra-thrilled when 2019 Hugo winner Zen Cho agreed to participate! And you should absolutely read her Hugo-winning novelette, “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again,” which is a dear and lovely story that I adored. How did you get into fanfic? Do you remember the first fandoms you read/wrote in? We got a computer when I was 9 and the first thing I did was go online and look to see if there were any books by L. M. Montgomery that I could…
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A slightly shorter links round-up this week, team, sorry about that! Things have been happening; I just haven’t been remembering to save the links about them. The wonderful Linda Holmes lists five shows that TV execs will never stop making. My favorite is “The Adventures Of Mr. Superabilities And Detective Ladyskeptic.” Beyond “diversity in SF”: Some ideas for (awesome-sounding) panels on diverse topics, for SFF conventions to take under advisement. The latest issue of Open Letters Monthly carried a report from the Romance Writers Association convention. The more I think about romance novels and their place in society, the more…
23 CommentsNote: I received an e-galley of Sorcerer to the Crown from the publisher for review consideration. Some brilliant person described this book on Twitter a while ago as a postcolonial Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and I have been all about it ever since. Zen Cho’s debut novel tells the story of Zacharias Wythe, the first ever black Sorcerer to the Crown. Suspected of involvement in the death of his predecessor, Zacharias becomes enmeshed in a political conflict among magical parties in (what is not yet) Malaysia, fights for his position against an interloper magician recently returned from the realm…
29 CommentsOh, have I mentioned I’m excited about Zen Cho’s Sorcerer to the Crown? WELL I AM. Here’s Zen Cho on writing three novels and throwing two of them out. Eliding the horrors of American slavery. The development of American English and the new London dialect that’s replacing Cockney. Literary blind spots from famous authors. Writing letters to trees. “I don’t see gender/color/difference” is bullshit, and let’s not ever forget it. An appreciation of Matt Fraction’s Hawkeye, which recently (sob!) ended its run. What women write about when we write about the apocalypse. This article about Auroville is shocking because this…
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