I think that you hit the nail on the head. Sometimes writers set out to write scifi & sometimes they use scifi conventions to for other purposes. That may not satisfy the scifi purists; but, there's no law.
David --- siennatalents <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been watching this thread for a while, hearing > the various > debates and wanted to add my 2 cents. Let me start > off by saying > that I'm not a very big alternate history fan at all > and only really > picked up the book due to the recommendations of > those in this group. > The very first impression I got while reading (I > haven't finished it > as yet) was that Steven's ultimate goal was to write > a book that > showed the horrors of slavery in a manner that both > white and black > people alike could relate to. So he wrote a changed > history and made > the slaves white. So the entire history has to be > manipulated to > create that outcome. I didn't feel that he was > trying to detail what > would've happened as much as he was building around > a theme of > slavery and had to create the history based around > that theme. > > I have questioned whether or not race-based slavery > would've > developed had things been "reversed" but I just > don't feel that is > the point of the story. > > Just my thoughts, > > Kevin > PS - Does anyone know of any 'hard sci-fi' black > writers out there? > Just my personal preference in reading... Thanks > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Community email addresses: Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
