Comments on: Are racial issues discussed in fantasy and science fiction? http://www.illotus.com/sfblog/2007/08/21/are-racial-issues-discussed-properly-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/ SF for smart people Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:39:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Illotus http://www.illotus.com/sfblog/2007/08/21/are-racial-issues-discussed-properly-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/#comment-3 Illotus Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:27:05 +0000 http://www.illotus.com/sfblog/2007/08/21/are-racial-issues-discussed-properly-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/#comment-3 I'll keep the Otherland series in mind. I've read some of his Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series and didn't have the guts to finish it so I'm a bit biased against him. Then again that was nearly ten years ago so I propably should give him another chance. I’ll keep the Otherland series in mind. I’ve read some of his Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series and didn’t have the guts to finish it so I’m a bit biased against him. Then again that was nearly ten years ago so I propably should give him another chance.

]]> By: Tia http://www.illotus.com/sfblog/2007/08/21/are-racial-issues-discussed-properly-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/#comment-2 Tia Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:02:41 +0000 http://www.illotus.com/sfblog/2007/08/21/are-racial-issues-discussed-properly-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/#comment-2 Thanks for the mention. The only one that I can think of offhand is Tad William's Otherland, which features two African protagonists. Williams is white. Another series about an African is the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. But these books bring up African issues, not African-American issues. Otherland especially brings up the death of the Bushman, which is a rare topic to tackle in a novel that you can consider cyberpunk. Those and Acacia, of course! Thanks for the mention. The only one that I can think of offhand is Tad William’s Otherland, which features two African protagonists. Williams is white. Another series about an African is the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. But these books bring up African issues, not African-American issues. Otherland especially brings up the death of the Bushman, which is a rare topic to tackle in a novel that you can consider cyberpunk.

Those and Acacia, of course!

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