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Carnivalesque

Carnivalesque@wyrmsign.org

Joined 2 years, 3 months ago

Things I like to read - saxophone * black lit * sci-fi * comics * pomo * theory

Languages I read in - English * Français

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16% complete! Carnivalesque has read 2 of 12 books.

Jordan S. Carroll: Speculative Whiteness (Paperback, 2024)

Reveals the alt-right's project to claim science fiction and- by extension- the future. Fascists such …

My review of Speculative Whiteness

A thorough analysis of the historical & contemporary trends linking Science Fiction with White Supremacist thinking. There's a great run down of the rabid / sad puppies business and why that's important; also somewhat explains why the uproars over casting occur and why that's important. Provides an interesting look into how far-right philosophizing mis-interprets and mis-represents both history and speculative fiction.

Victor LaValle: Lone Women (2023, Random House Publishing Group)

Blue skies, empty land—and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with …

A revisionist Western. A horror novel. Gothic Americana - exploring Lavalle's favourite themes of loners, losers, outcasts, and parents, family (biological and chosen).

Colson Whitehead: Harlem Shuffle (Hardcover, 2021, Doubleday)

I like Colson Whitehead best when he is at his most uncanny/surreal/fantastical. This isn't that but a fun noir-ish romp. Feels very contemporary literary fiction but not without its charm.