a state that's untouchable like eliot ness

[mimesere]

First, a fic rec: All These Revolutionaries Will Only Break Your Heart, by jennyo. It is a BSG/Boondocks crossover about inciting revolution and fighting the man and being gangsta.

Second, Gunn Mix #2 is really entertaining to me. More on that when I get home tonight.

Third, I look hot today. Seriously. I am rocking the hooterlicious bra and a short-ish skirt and the glasses. *wins*

Fourth, yo, where is the black/latino/minority-that-is-not-East-Asian SF/F? I know Crystal Rain is pseudo-Caribbean so I am going to check that out, but seriously. ¿Dónde está?

Fifth, there should be more fic about Teyla and Ronon running around and starting revolutions. Well, okay, there should really just be more fic where Teyla and Ronon run around being all hot and badass and starting revolutions and then having hot hot sex because hey, hi, I just watched the fight scene in that ep with Ford the Intergalactic PCP Wraith Enzyme Drug Dealer (god, just...no) with the across-the-table dragging and that was hot. Also, I can handle Shep in a Teyla/Ronon scenario as he starts to be all Timberlake-esque and I am okay with that. Also because the uberhot of Teyla and Ronon manages to overcome my not liking him.

Sixth, MAMMOTH.

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[gloss]

Hey, lovely! *ogles your hottitude*

where is the black/latino/minority-that-is-not-East-Asian SF/F?
Check out Nalo Hopkinson. Her stuff is very cool.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Will do!

Playdate soon?

[gloss]

Playdate, yes! Please.

Weekdays are best for me, but let me know, yeah?

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Yay playdate! Okay, um. Fridays are usually good for me (not tomorrow, but other fridays!) And Tuesday or Thursday mornings.

Also, you will love one of the songs on Gunn Mix #2 as it is fucking *awesome*.

[katemonkey.livejournal.com]

Ahhh! Beat me to it!

Nalo Hopkinson does this fantastic Caribbean/Canadian style that kicks ass and takes name.

I knew I read more elsewhere, but I have to dig it out.

[ladyjax.livejournal.com]

Some POC SF Authors: I'm not sure if this is what you wanted but maybe it'll help. Admittedly limited as I'm not up on what a lot of other folks have been doing in Sci-fi lately.

Steven Barnes (Lion's Blood, Zulu Heart, Blood Brothers, Charisma, Iron Shadows, Street Lethal, Gorgon Child, Firedance and a whole bunch of work with Larry Niven)
Tananarive Due (The Between, My Soul to Keep, The Living Blood, The Good House)
Charles Saunders (look in old copies of the Marion Zimmer Bradley Swords and Sorceress anthologies - say from #1-5 for his stories about a Dahomey amazon. His other books about his African hero Imaro are out of print but might be making a comeback)
Samuel R. Delaney (lots and lots of stuff)
Nalo Hopkinson (already mentioned)
Octavia Butler
Minister Faust (The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad)
Jewelle Gomez (The Gilda Stories)

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

Nightshade Books is doing a revised version of the Imaro books later this year.

[lemniskate.livejournal.com]

MAMMOTH! tonight!!!!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

WOOT FOR HOTNESS.

I can't remember if I've given you this link before or not, but this blog has some interesting stuff about characters of color in SF and fantasy. Yes.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

You did give me that link! Which is where I got Crystal Rain from :)

Rock on, girlfriend.

[fox1013.livejournal.com]

MAMMOTH!

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

I think people have already mentioned most of the ones I can think of, especially if you're looking for people who are still in print; maybe Nnedi Nkorafor-Mbachi, whose first novel came out last year, based on African myths.

But there might be more info at the Carl Brandon Society.

[strina]

yo, where is the black/latino/minority-that-is-not-East-Asian SF/F?

Nightmare and the other Silent Empire books, Sacred Ground, Wen Spencer's Ukiah Oregon series...all I've got off the top of my head.

[rydra_wong]

There are the two "Dark Matter" anthologies edited by Sheree R. Thomas - remit defined as "speculative fiction from the African diaspora".

They include the obvious suspects - Delany, Hopkinson, Butler, Gomez, Due, etc. - but also lots of pieces from newer writers like Nisi Shawl, Pam Noles (who wrote that kick-ass essay on the whitewashing of Earthsea) and Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu. And a few non-fiction essays in each volume too.

[cunning-maz.livejournal.com]

So Long Been Dreaming bills itself as a postcolonial anthology, and might give you some names to start with. Several likely names show up, but there's some lesser-known writers (to me, at last) as well.