Reading Pile (non-fiction)

[dreamer_easy]

This could take a while.

Comments

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

You're so disciplined. My to-be-read pile is a very-close-to-full 4-foot long, 3 shelf bookcase, with fiction and non-fiction mixed to fit.

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Next time, can you turn the books spine-wards to the camera, so I can read the titles?

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[tysolna]

That blue and green book on the left, I believe I have it too, it looks so familiar - only I can't find it to make sure - what's the title again?

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

I blush to confess it's Postcolonialism: a very short introduction. :-)

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

It's mostly a bunch of stuff for cluelessch1x0r and jekhet_sekhmet.

[tysolna]

Yesyes! Same book on my shelf, only it's on loan from the library. I blush to confess that I go back to it frequently to look things up.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

*hollow laughter*

Bookshelves not included in photo.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Oh what a dream life that would be!

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

You inspired me to go and have a look at the Wikipedia entry on Postcolonialism, and I was surprised and pleased that I was already familiar with some of the concepts, possibly from reading feminist academic stuff about SF, possibly from my piddling postgrad degree (two years part time, way hey). In fact, IIUC, "writing back to the centre" is more or less what Ben was doing with his African future, which inspired me to do the same in SLEEPY.

[tysolna]

Yes, feminism and postcolonialism share a lot of concepts, as I am beginning to find out or rather realize, and I am beginning to think that the history of SF (way back when it was a "literary ghetto" kind of thing) shares certain traits with that as well, since SF was in a way a marginalized literature. I may, of course, be completely wrong. ;)

Hang on, I inspired you?

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought I'd better swot up before we talked. :-)

[tysolna]

You presume that I know what I'm talking about. ;-)

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[jblum.livejournal.com]

*waves, plantively*

[the-cockfighter.livejournal.com]

Who wrote the chair?

[fred-god-of.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain,. I have a box of free books from the library, a stack that high of books I bought, and stupid me that I am, I'm going to the book store tonight.

Recommend anything?

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

*shags you*

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Oooohhhh!

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Spectacles

Anything by Niall Griffiths, if you can find him.

[jblum.livejournal.com]

Okay, so reading, eating, sleeping, going to the bathroom, and SHAGGING. Glad I'm on the list somewhere. :-)

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

You sound like my husband.

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Don;t forget to pat the boys.