First time I heard of Mr. Bucknell, I looked him up thinking he was black. Was
somewhat surprised by the photo of the white guy who looked back at me from his
website - nice head of wavy, unprocessed auburn hair. But, if Mariah Carey is
black, I guess Tobias is "black," too. Unlike Nelson George, I will not be
issuing an apology.
~(no)rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "B Smith" <daikaij...@...> wrote:
>
> Tobias is biracial. His father was from Grenada and his mother was English.
> So no culture vulturing going on with him.
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Kelwyn" <ravenadal@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the heads-up on "Sly Mongoose." I will add it to my queue. I
> > thoroughly enjoyed "Ragamuffin." Wish a black person had written it (one
> > prolly did but, unlike Mr. Buckell, could not get it published) but beggars
> > like me ("were born to run!" no, wait, uh...) can't be choosers.
> >
> > ~rave!
> >
> > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "B Smith" <daikaiju66@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm reading the third book in Tobias Buckell's Ragamuffin series, Sly
> > > Mongoose. The series is a great space opera with the main characters
> > > hailing from colonies settled by Caribbean folk and Aztecs
> > >
> > > http://www.amazon.com/Sly-Mongoose-Tobias-S-Buckell/dp/0765319209
> > > <http://www.amazon.com/Sly-Mongoose-Tobias-S-Buckell/dp/0765319209>
> > >
> > > This book deals with the fallout from overthrowing the series big bads
> > > and finding out they were a control mechanism set in place by an older
> > > and even more enigmatic race. They see uncontrolled sentience as
> > > dangerous and since humanity has thrown off that leash they take steps
> > > to end it.
> > >
> > > So far we've got scorched planets, space battles and did I mention the
> > > zombies? It's a hell of a ride.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer <clockworkman@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > *Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy* by
> > > > Lawrence Lessig <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [image: File:Lessig
> > > >
> > > remix.jpg]<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/Lessig_remix.jp\
> > > g>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Kelwyn ravenadal@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I am reading "Queen City Jazz" by Kathleen Ann Goonan and thoroughly
> > > > > enjoying her post apocalyptic novel. It is eerily precognitive about
> > > the
> > > > > incipient dangers of giving too much of our lives over to "smart"
> > > tech.
> > > > >
> > > > > ~rave!
> > > > >
> > > > > http://twitter.com/ravenadal
> > > > > http://theworldebon.blogspot.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > READ MY BLOG
> > > > http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com
> > > > STRING THEORY
> > > > http://stringtheory.podbean.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
