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cassyblue I am reading Queer Universes : Sexualities in Science Fiction and it's SO WILD because it was published in 2008. It's a lot of academia talk in some of the essays, but it's still really interesting since they do talk about gender but in relation to new wave sff. I checked it out since it had an essay by the author of the current novel I am reading -- Ammonite. Like the essays range from 1990s to 2008 and it's just like wow I don't know if these authors would have expected or predicted the gender renaissance of SFF that started five years after they published this book. Seriously, after 2013 with Ancillary Justice, there has been a renaissance in sff dealing with gender since AJ opened the way for this stuff to get to the more mainstream sff audience. It existed before ya know? But it was much harder to get at or find for the average joe who was out of the loop.
Also side note, the book does use outdated language and primarily focus on gay, lesbian, and bisexual experiences.
So far the highlights have been voyager femslash campaign calling out rick berman (fuck berman) and some savage silverberg shaming. I feel like there's too much credit given to certain authors in some of the essays, but you know I'm disillusioned with the white male sff writes of way back in the old times. But at least they mention that some of those authors were shitty people with shitty onions. Right now it feels like a lot of rehashing of stuff I know, but also like I have to remember these essays are between 10 to 30 years old.
This book really makes me appreciate Bogi Takacs's vintage quiltbag sff reviews for tor.com since e pulls out books I hadn't heard of that feature trans and genderqueer authors. Here's a link to the series: https://www.tor.com/tag/quiltbag-speculative-classics/
I also have a book on nonbinary people and identity I need to finish my review of that was published last year and I found at my university library. I just have been sick and busy with grad school as always.
I also have a book on disability in sff which I'm interest to see how it stacks up to things I have read by actual disabled people and a book on orientalism in sff by asian scholars which should be fun because I see some joss whedon shaming in the one essay.
Also side note, the book does use outdated language and primarily focus on gay, lesbian, and bisexual experiences.
So far the highlights have been voyager femslash campaign calling out rick berman (fuck berman) and some savage silverberg shaming. I feel like there's too much credit given to certain authors in some of the essays, but you know I'm disillusioned with the white male sff writes of way back in the old times. But at least they mention that some of those authors were shitty people with shitty onions. Right now it feels like a lot of rehashing of stuff I know, but also like I have to remember these essays are between 10 to 30 years old.
This book really makes me appreciate Bogi Takacs's vintage quiltbag sff reviews for tor.com since e pulls out books I hadn't heard of that feature trans and genderqueer authors. Here's a link to the series: https://www.tor.com/tag/quiltbag-speculative-classics/
I also have a book on nonbinary people and identity I need to finish my review of that was published last year and I found at my university library. I just have been sick and busy with grad school as always.
I also have a book on disability in sff which I'm interest to see how it stacks up to things I have read by actual disabled people and a book on orientalism in sff by asian scholars which should be fun because I see some joss whedon shaming in the one essay.
