[ SECRET POST #6155 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6155 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I mean the thing that's confusing is that like. Yeah, I agree super message-y books are annoying. And books that treat representation like it's sufficient, on its own, to make a book good are usually not worth reading.

But you're clearly aware that that's not true of all books with POC in the cast. And like, you talk about how diverse casts wouldn't be an issue in stories that are more distant from modern day issues. But... that's just a thing that exists? Like you very much can find space opera or epic fantasy books that have casts with POC that don't dwell on contemporary political issues? Those are very much a thing?

So I guess I just don't understand the framing.

[(Anonymous)]

" Like you very much can find space opera or epic fantasy books that have casts with POC that don't dwell on contemporary political issues? Those are very much a thing?"

Got recs?

[(Anonymous)]

Imperial Radch trilogy by Ann Leckie (which is about colonialism but not in a racially divided way)

Machineries of Empire by Y H Lee

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

Obsidian and Blood by Aliette de Bodard

The Fifth Season by N K Jemisin (which I did not personally like much but it fits your criteria and is definitely extremely epic)

[(Anonymous)]

The Fifth Season is the first book where I've encountered a fantasy group slur (about people who can wield earthquake powers) and reacted to it about as strongly as some of the real-world slurs I'm aware of. I recommend the series heartily but it starts off with

bad shit

murder of a child

and the hate crimes against orogenes, and the hard decisions some of the characters make, get worse from there.

[tabaqui]

The Expanse

[(Anonymous)]

The Spiral Wars series by Joel Shepherd - the Earth was destroyed hundreds of years ago so the few survivors had more important things to think about than today's crop of political, social, and especially geographic issues. Also, the 2 main characters are stated to be of African descent for one and Nepali for the other.