I sort of debated on whether to answer this more extensively, or to just say, "Well, yeah, obviously."
But here I go.
First of all, "Well, yeah, obviously."
Second of all, I don't know Jo Walton, I've never met her. I read her LJ sometimes, mostly (at one point) to get pointers to Tor.com columns, but otherwise I don't have a connection. So I'm speaking mostly as a reader of her book.
Third of all, the deliberate ignoring of the SF community on this issue was/is, obviously, a problem.
But I really think that this is book which is, in large part, an exploration of the after-effects of both a recent trauma, and a childhood abuse history. It's also about someone who is transitioning to a new culture and having to figure it out. Two new cultures, if you include the SF club, which I do.
Yes, there is a patina of The Golden Age of Science Fiction (as in, 13), but it really could be about a chess club and be doing the same things.
The people who glorified it for being All About Someone Reading SF Novels didn't... really get the point.
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But here I go.
First of all, "Well, yeah, obviously."
Second of all, I don't know Jo Walton, I've never met her. I read her LJ sometimes, mostly (at one point) to get pointers to Tor.com columns, but otherwise I don't have a connection. So I'm speaking mostly as a reader of her book.
Third of all, the deliberate ignoring of the SF community on this issue was/is, obviously, a problem.
But I really think that this is book which is, in large part, an exploration of the after-effects of both a recent trauma, and a childhood abuse history. It's also about someone who is transitioning to a new culture and having to figure it out. Two new cultures, if you include the SF club, which I do.
Yes, there is a patina of The Golden Age of Science Fiction (as in, 13), but it really could be about a chess club and be doing the same things.
The people who glorified it for being All About Someone Reading SF Novels didn't... really get the point.