Two weeks ago I went to one of the more well-known black bookstores in the city (Black Images) and spoke to one of the woman at the register who informed me that one of the only reasons the store is able to stay open is the sale of the erotic genre books, the majority of which are not very well written. Well I have always enjoyed the SciFi, Fantasy and Horror genres but I also write erotica and have had little problem blending the two. Maybe the inclusion of the erotic elements into Spec Fic that includes blacks and other people of color, might generate a new audience.
Regards, Penelope Flynn www.penelopeflynn.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] How to Get More Blacks to Read Speculative Fiction From: "Carole McDonnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, August 06, 2006 12:52 pm To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Just peeking into this discussion for a second. Two genres I really like are Spec-fic and romance. Generally, I don't care what races are involved. But there are moments when a great leap of joy just overcomes my fluttering heart...and that's when a story connects to me in a racial or religious or sexual orientation kinda way. (Yes, most of my favorite films have interracial couples. Specifically if a movie or book has a black leading character or couple or if the main character is a black woman with white, asian, or native american men, or if there is a Christian subtext, well, I can't help it I'm kinda intrigued.) The inverse (or is that the converse?) can be stated. When I read a book or see a movie which ignores black folks or minorities or uses the same old unwritten but nevertheless powerful racist rules of the past, well I do kinda find a angry heat rising to my chest. So race does matter to me -- and I dare say to most minorities in SF. Not because we want all spec-fic to be about race, but because there is a lovely feeling of being home, about being among a landsman as Jewish folks would say, or of being with characters who are one's peeps and walking around one's hood. It just makes me feel as if some other writer is speaking of home. -C Carole McDonnell Wind Follower June 2007 Juno Books www.geocities.com/scifiwritir/Publications.html carole.mcdonnell (at) gmail (dot)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/
