--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was only answering a question and I am being honest when I say I
don't
attach a color to Science Fiction as I only see good stories and
bad stories.
That is good. That is exemplary. In a perfect world that is what
we
I couldn't have stated it better.
If race is not important, let all SF writers agree to write stories
featuring all black casts for the next year.
We won't hold our breaths, will we?
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Carole McDonnell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just peeking into this
www.penelopeflynn.com
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Subject: Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] How to Get More Blacks to Read
Speculative
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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
,
Penelope Flynn
www.penelopeflynn.com
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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
I know I'm coming in late here but I think the very act of labeling your
work black sci fi is an issue because as much as I love black people sci
fi
I get this bad image of a guy flying a space ship and saying, Im'a blast ya
ass yo!
I know that's an extreme situation but f I have never
I was only answering a question and I am being honest when I say I don't
attach a color to Science Fiction as I only see good stories and bad stories.
I don't thing black sci fi writers should either. The origin of this post
was about marketing to black science fiction fans. I am saying
It might be me...but I do think our previous discussions emphasized a
couple of different things:
1. blacks consume more sf (in all of its variations) than we are
given credit for consuming.
2. black people do not consume sf in the same venues as their white
counterparts.
this last part
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Dr. Lester K Spence
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
a couple of questions:
1. haven't we said this before, or something to this effect?
Maybe we have. I sure don't remember it. I remember people asking
the question and me shooting it down. If someone did,
Same here. All I remember is the question being asked and when I
said it was impossible folks saying that it must be--
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We've asked the question quite a few times, Doctor, but I don't
recall ever getting an adequate
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Dr. Lester K Spence
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It might be me...but I do think our previous discussions emphasized
a
couple of different things:
1. blacks consume more sf (in all of its variations) than we are
given credit for consuming.
Where are
We've asked the question quite a few times, Doctor, but I don't recall ever
getting an adequate solution let alone an answer...this is as close to a way to
proceed than anything else I've encountered...forgive me if I missed the
others...they got by me...
Dr. Lester K Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED]
a couple of questions:
1. haven't we said this before, or something to this effect?
2. what are we to think about black authors writing black science
fiction, who have no idea how to find black people to read their stuff?
lks
On Aug 1, 2006, at 10:54 AM, Chris Hayden wrote:
How to Get
How to Get More Black Folks to Read Speculative Fiction
Check it out! In this little posting the Notorious BIG of SF feeds
himself Humble Pie!
On this and many another list time after time the above question has
been put: how can we get more blacks to read SF?
And time after time I have
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