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A Discussion About Lavinia
vectoreditors.wordpress.com - 9/9/2009
A Discussion About Lavinia
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A little while ago now, I pointed to Lavinia as being one of the best books I’d read so far this year, and suggesting that (since this year sees its first UK publication) it should end up on the BSFA Award ballot. But I didn’t back up my praise. In part that was because I was ...
punkadiddle.blogspot.com - 9/9/2009
Lavinia Discussion
— punkadiddle.blogspot.com — [ Niall Harrison, that tall man, has organised a fourway discussion of Le Guin's latest novel; the... resulting exchange being posted four ways: Introduction -- Torque Control Lyric and Narrative -- Punkaddidle. Why, that's right here! Fantasy --  ... (more) Lavinia Discussion

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Margaret Atwood Says She Doesn't Write Science Fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin Disagrees [Margaret Atwood]
io9.com - 9/3/2009
Margaret Atwood Says She Doesn't Write Science Fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin Disagrees [Margaret ...
— io9.com — Margaret Atwood insists that her novels aren't science fiction, as everything she writes either has happened or... could happen today. But in looking at Atwood's latest novel, The Year of the Flood , science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin disagrees. ... (more) Margaret Atwood Says She Doesn't Write Science Fiction, ...

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Quick Takes
feedproxy.google.com - 9/4/2009
Quick Takes
— feedproxy.google.com — I’m still very busy with other things so: Cheryl Morgan discussed some stats regarding women writers of... fantasy & SF and their proportional relationship to the same. Here . The basic facts are 30% of the Hugo eligible novels this past year were by women, but only 4% were really ... (more) Quick Takes

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Asking the Wrong Questions:  A Discussion About Lavinia, Part 3

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A Discussion About Lavinia, Part 3
Asking the Wrong Questions — Earlier this summer, Niall Harrison organized a discussion of Ursula K. Le Guin's most recent novel, Lavinia , with Nic Clarke, Jo Coleman, Adam Roberts, and myself. The first and second parts of the discussion are up at Torque Control and Punkadiddle , respectively, and part four should be up shortly at Nic and Jo's blog, Eve's Alexandria . Here is part 3. Abigail Nussbaum: I have to wonder just to what degree we're justified in calling Lavinia a fantasy. Jo and Nic both point out the natural magic of Lavinia's religion, but it seems just as ...

Sarah Hall Roundtable
Asking the Wrong Questions — Not to be confused with the Lavinia conversation , in the last couple of weeks I've also been participating in a discussion of Sarah Hall's recent, Booker-longlisted novel ...

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