Uppity-Negro.com

Yes, that's it, I'm gradually going to go through the links list. Rather than some superficial, glance at the top entry and link it sort of thing. That's it.

The top entry at Karin's place is an annoucement of Shameless self-promotion, namely putting two computers up for sale on eBay:

• "Pismo" G3 Powerbook
• Dell Latitude CSx laptop

Both computers are in good shape and come with a bunch of extras.

Just a suggestion, if you have a need for such things.

Meanwhile, over at Nalo's, there are snippets from what looks to be a lovely work in progress, and a link to a review of So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy:

This collection is appropriate since "post-colonial" may be how our century is remembered: Former colonies will continue to face the growing pains of statehood, former colonial powers must deal with their loss of imperial grandeur and the memories of the frequent brutality they needed to maintain those regions they "explored."

Explore. This word so central to science fiction and fantasy explodes with the promise of adventure and treasure -- both intellectual and economic. Explore, the harbinger of colonization. We explore space for scientific discovery but quickly discuss the possibility of Martian and Lunar colonies. But explore contains the more sinister implication of exploit; certainly the plural noun "exploits" has a sense of adventure but the word "explore" is tainted with the tenuous relationship with our colonial predecessors, those that expanded our empires, Christopher Columbus, the conquistadors, Andrew Jackson, etc.

It, um, does settle down and get to actually reviewing the stories after a bit. And I raised an eyebrow at, "Nalo Hopkinson recalls in his introduction," (emphasis guess what), but I'm working on reducing the snark content around here.

Again, gradual.