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BookGeeks & Mohanraj
Mar. 13th, 2009 09:35 amThree links.
I've taken part in an author panel on BookGeeks, a UK-based online book site.
The Third Bookgeeks SF and Fantasy Author Panel - ‘The Others’ is part of an ongoing series.
Welcome to the third Bookgeeks SF and Fantasy Author panel. Once again, we asked some of the leading lights of SF and Fantasy to give us their thoughts on a specific issue that affects them all as both writers and fans - and they said they would! Third time around, here’s what we asked our authors to ruminate on:
Both the science fiction and fantasy genres have a traditional reliance on ‘others’ - from extra-terrestrials and elves to angels and demons, these non-human protagonists are often central to the story. How do you set out to create plausible ‘others’ (do they even need to be plausible?), and make sure that readers relate to them in the ways that you want?
Meanwhile, over on Whatever, Mary Ann Mohanraj has two guest posts on race, science fiction and fantasy, both well worth reading.
Here is Part I, and here is Part II.
I've taken part in an author panel on BookGeeks, a UK-based online book site.
The Third Bookgeeks SF and Fantasy Author Panel - ‘The Others’ is part of an ongoing series.
Welcome to the third Bookgeeks SF and Fantasy Author panel. Once again, we asked some of the leading lights of SF and Fantasy to give us their thoughts on a specific issue that affects them all as both writers and fans - and they said they would! Third time around, here’s what we asked our authors to ruminate on:
Both the science fiction and fantasy genres have a traditional reliance on ‘others’ - from extra-terrestrials and elves to angels and demons, these non-human protagonists are often central to the story. How do you set out to create plausible ‘others’ (do they even need to be plausible?), and make sure that readers relate to them in the ways that you want?
Meanwhile, over on Whatever, Mary Ann Mohanraj has two guest posts on race, science fiction and fantasy, both well worth reading.
Here is Part I, and here is Part II.