butler's passing i've mourned the fact that we don't have anyone that
is able to effectively put the urban african american experience in
their speculative stuff. the closest we have is steven barnes, but
his work doesn't move me for a number of reasons.
cory doctorow was supposed to be the second coming, and while some of
his work deals with interesting ideas, the lack of a hip-hop/electro/
house groove is painfully evident. vanilla has more flavor.
then i got hipped to ACCELERANDO.
now let me be clear. ACCELRANDO doesn't have black people. only one
non-white character that i am aware of. and there's not a phat beat
in there to save his life.
but the ideas the author throws out...several per page in some
instances...are provocative enough that i actually ignored the lack
of race. kind of like a futuristic CRYPTONOMICON.
maybe it's me though.
what did other folks think?
lks
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