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All done! If you haven’t read The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin yet, go do it! It’s fantastic!
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Mass Effect: Andromeda Prequel Novel "Initiation”
N.K. Jemisin is a fiction author apparently working on the next Mass Effect novel, a prequel to the upcoming game Mass Effect: Andromeda. It also looks like she’s a fan of both Mass Effect and Dragon Age, considering the number of blog posts she’s written about races and an entire Dragon Age: Inquisition story review.
Thank you to my stream viewers who tipped me on this new find! Source: https://www.weltbild.ch/artikel/buch/mass-effect-andromeda-initiation_21454513-1
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Rocket Talk Episode 23: Kate Elliott and N.K. Jemisin
In this episode of Rocket Talk, Justin invites authors Kate Elliott and N.K. Jemisin on to the show to talk about reader, writer, and publisher bias. How do our own blind spots influence the choices we make? How does that impact society? How can we do better?
If you are a fan of either of these authors, and/or of intelligent conversation about these issues, you should definitely listen to this.
Early on, Kate Elliott mentions a blog post by Ann Leckie, which is also very worth reading. "It's Not a Real Heart, It's a Real Artificial Heart"
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And from here on, wherever you see bigotry in the genre? Attack it. Don’t wait for it to come directly at you; attack it even if it’s hitting another group. If you won’t ride or die for anyone else, how can you expect them to ride or die for you? Understand that there are people in this genre who hate you, and who do not want you here, and who will hurt you if they can. Do not tolerate their intolerance. Don’t be “fair and balanced.” Tell them they’re unwelcome. Make them uncomfortable. Shout them down. Kick them out. Fucking fight.
"Don’t wait for it to come directly at you; attack it even if it’s hitting another group. If you won’t ride or die for anyone else, how can you expect them to ride or die for you?"
From N. K. Jemisin’s Wiscon 38 Guest of Honour speech. Click on through; there’s nothing someone like me can usefully add to this, except to tell as many people as possible to read it.
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Source: nkjemisin.com