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Recently on twitter Alexandra Rowland wrote a thread about recing someone there first fantasy novel. The thread had a lot good advice but what caught my eye was Rowland’s description of fantasy as a language. That reminded me of Jo Walton’s piece about SF reading protocols. I think it's super valuable to remember that you have to learn how to read SFF, but also that SFF takes on non-SFF works can get you to some strange places.

Date: 2020-03-11 01:45 am (UTC)
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I disappeared down the rabbit hole, because Jo Walton's piece had a link to a Making Light discussion, and, and, and...

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