FoAN Jennifer Durham pointed out to me that the Science Fiction Studies Symposium on Sexuality in Science Fiction, edited by Rob Latham, is available online. So you can go read my wee rantlet for yourself. We had a word limit of 'under 400 words' but I was one of a minority to colour between the lines. Academics. Whatcha gonna do?
The essay I mention, "Writing from the Body," is available here.
Enjoy.
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I'm somewhat new to science fiction (read more as a kid than I have as an adult) but found that fascinating (though I haven't read the whole thing yet), and your essay brilliant. I wonder if some of it isn't just a quest for immortality. Our bodies are pretty fragile and we're a long way from keeping them going forever so maybe the easy way out is to download our consciousnesses into machines. That's Ray Kurzweil's take, right?
ReplyDeleteI think one of the reasons I don't read (or watch) a lot of sci fi as an adult is that I don't care for all the fighting. It always seems to involve a war. Even Star Trek: TNG, which tried to deptict an Earth beyond war, spent a lot of time fighting aliens around the galaxy.
And on Jennifer Durham, her photos are beautiful and remind me of good writing that answers two questions: what's the story about and what's the story about? As you point out, each of those photos tell one story--a particular day in a particular light at a particular place. But also so much more.
Holy cow, I just clicked over to her site. A "Whoa" flew out of me.
Thanks for sharing.
I think that your 'rantlet' as well as some of the other writers reference to your writing in their comments is further proof of your awesomeness.
ReplyDeleteElaine thank you very much for your comments regarding my work - very good to hear that you like the photos. And thank you Nicola - for the original post and for reminding me of it again. Almost a year ago. Wow. This year has (surprisingly) flown by for me.
Well, for what it's worth, I thought Slow River was good and hard. What are those maniacs thinking?
ReplyDeleteIt's still my favorite.