What I’d really love to read now is some reviews/criticism (in the neutral sense) from Black Americans about these books; Octavia Butler is thanked as a sensitivity reader (though not using the term) for the first one but the author is white and there’s definitely moments where she tidies up behind herself as the series goes on. I’m not looking for stamps of approval, the series stands and sometimes (in my judgement) stumbles on its own merits; I’m more interested in, from an in-community perspective, what about it works and does not work. Any links/recs appreciated!
Same! I've been reading this series for a long time (I'm in a reread now, and worked out that Dead and Buried was the first to come out after I started reading), and while I love the books, I've always noted that it's mainly white people championing them.
(I'd also enjoy reading historical mysteries by Black authors, and hope their relative paucity is not because publishers are going, "Well, Hambly's got that market, we don't need more.")
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Date: 2023-01-13 01:09 am (UTC)Same! I've been reading this series for a long time (I'm in a reread now, and worked out that Dead and Buried was the first to come out after I started reading), and while I love the books, I've always noted that it's mainly white people championing them.
(I'd also enjoy reading historical mysteries by Black authors, and hope their relative paucity is not because publishers are going, "Well, Hambly's got that market, we don't need more.")