More Friday afternoon links
Sep. 24th, 2021 03:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolorosa_12It seems to be becoming a tradition that I send everyone into the weekend with a batch of links, and I'm pretty happy with that state of affairs.
As is often the case, I bring you a video recording of several authors in conversation. In this case, we have Ava Reid and Allison Saft, talking about their forthcoming books (Juniper and Thorn and A Far Wilder Magic respectively), as well as writing craft, grappling with nationalism in fantasy literature, and writing Jewish characters in fantasy and fairytale-inspired settings. The video is here.
The other link is to 'Debarkle': a massive, ongoing write-up of the so-called 'Sad Puppies' affair in the Hugo Award nominations. I should preface this link with the admission that basically my favourite, favourite thing online is this very old-school style of well-sourced, links-heavy, verbose write-up of drama, wrongdoing, or (as in this case) downright abusive and harassing behaviour within online communities. Your enjoyment — if this is the right word — will hinge on whether you share my sentiments. (It's also worth noting that many of the individuals concerned wandered away from creating a stink in the professional SFF community because they had bigger fish to fry: namely, their odious allies getting their hands on political levers of power in the United States and doing as much damage as they could.) In any case, the write-up is here, and I'm still less than halfway through it.
I am aware I owe comments to a lot of people, and I will do my best to respond to everything over the weekend.
As is often the case, I bring you a video recording of several authors in conversation. In this case, we have Ava Reid and Allison Saft, talking about their forthcoming books (Juniper and Thorn and A Far Wilder Magic respectively), as well as writing craft, grappling with nationalism in fantasy literature, and writing Jewish characters in fantasy and fairytale-inspired settings. The video is here.
The other link is to 'Debarkle': a massive, ongoing write-up of the so-called 'Sad Puppies' affair in the Hugo Award nominations. I should preface this link with the admission that basically my favourite, favourite thing online is this very old-school style of well-sourced, links-heavy, verbose write-up of drama, wrongdoing, or (as in this case) downright abusive and harassing behaviour within online communities. Your enjoyment — if this is the right word — will hinge on whether you share my sentiments. (It's also worth noting that many of the individuals concerned wandered away from creating a stink in the professional SFF community because they had bigger fish to fry: namely, their odious allies getting their hands on political levers of power in the United States and doing as much damage as they could.) In any case, the write-up is here, and I'm still less than halfway through it.
I am aware I owe comments to a lot of people, and I will do my best to respond to everything over the weekend.
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Date: 2021-09-26 01:22 pm (UTC)Hahaha, me too! It's such a shame that all the links and comments are no longer fully accessible — they're such great writeups.
I hope you enjoy this one too.