I didn't find the Pattern Master series or Wild Seed depressing. And The Coyoter Kings is a hoot.
--- Nora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/30/05 6:52 PM, "Carole McDonnell" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's a national olympic competition of the mind. > It's a black > > organization and is in all regions of the US. > Forgot what the > > initials mean although I used to be a poetry judge > in the Westchester > > Region. > > Interesting... sounds fun! I know some local high > school kids who I'm > trying to steer towards geekiness/creativty. Is it > for grade-school kids, > secondary-age, or what? They might be interested. > > > I loved X-files but they lost me with that long > storyline about the > > aliens. Stargate is almost losing me too. I'm so > confused as to > > whether apophis is dead or alive. Haven't even > delved into Stargate > > atlantis yet. > > Actually, I like Atlantis better. Stargate SG-1 has > gotten kind of long in > the tooth, and I'm bored with it every time it comes > on. Same old sh!t over > and over. > > > That's another question...Harry Potter is a > series. You gotta create > > a world for a series. Will kids stick with a black > world? Should we > > push Octavia's parables? > > The Parable stories are kind of depressing. (Heck, > all of Octavia's stuff > is depressing, but the Parable stories are the > hardest of all.) I'm not sure > how kids would react to it. I mean, they like the > later books of the Harry > Potter series, which have become really grim, but > they *started* on a > lighter note. > > I'm trying not to jinx things by talking about it > too much, but my own novel > is being shopped around to publishers right now by > my agent, and I'm > desperately praying one of them will take it. It's > a fantasy novel, the > first of a series set in a kind of magical alternate > Egypt and Nubia. But > it's grim and depressing too, and I don't think it > would be especially > appealing to black kids. (OK, new question -- are > there any black writers > out there doing *happy* stuff? =P) > > Nora > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Community email addresses: Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
