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Monday, March 9th, 2009
Crystal Rain, by Tobias Buckell
Tobias Buckell was born on Grenada; he is of mixed racial heritage. He moved to the U.S. right before he started college, and attended Bluffton College, located in middle-of-nowhere, Ohio. (I can say that because my father was born there.) He still lives in Bluffton, Ohio, and complains about its land-lockedness. (I’m pretty sure he [...]
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Monday, March 9th, 2009
Race and Speculative Fiction, or Where I’ve Failed
After the events of RaceFail ’09 (Google it if you’re interested), it has come to my attention that my personal commitment to diversity is . . . flawed. Deeply, profoundly flawed. I don’t mean to get horribly political, but I don’t think that a commitment to diversity is all that controversial. While I’ve chosen, generally, [...]