First of all, the clear and welcomed feminist message of the book. There are, I think, three aspects of the novel worth exploring. The book portrays how Anda – the shy and lonely main character trying to fit in at her new school – starts playing Coarsegold Online, a MMRPG (for the non-initiated: massively-multiplayer role playing game) and gets involved with the real-life consequences of playing it. About how social media and the Internet can potentially shape and change the world. In its heartfelt introduction, Cory Doctorow says that In Real Life is about game and economics, about the – political, economical, social – choices that we make on a daily basis and their consequences. In Real Life, this new graphic novel written by Cory Doctorow with art by Jen Wang is full of them. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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I hope to see some more recommendations from readers in the comments! I’ve tried to focus on new(er) releases and for a range of author backgrounds. Of course these are just a taste of what’s available as far as books on queer autistic experiences. Some of the nonfiction titles are memoirs from one person’s perspective and others are anthologies that include stories and insights from a wide range of people. Do you know of any good memoir/non-fiction/own voices books that give a queer perspective? Thanks in advance!Īs per Sabine’s request, the following list of queer and/or trans focused books about autism are mostly nonfiction, but I’ve also included a few novels by queer autistic authors featuring queer autistic characters, including science fiction, fantasy, and romance. I’ve looked for books on autism and mainly found things that either focus on kids or that are very gendered (aka autism in girls/women). Thank you so much for your column on Autostraddle, it has been a huge inspiration for my reading in the recent years! I have a bookish question: I’m a genderqueer person in my 30s, and I’m currently trying to figure out if I might have autism. This time I’m responding to a very sweet email that went like this: Hello queer readers and welcome to the latest installment of Ask Your Friendly Neighborhood Lesbrarian. The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now. The vast Pantanal region of Brazil is the “Horeb” for the unlikely anti-hero in The Testament, but the awakening and progressive persuasion that there is more to Christian faith than a set of creeds, and that in some mysterious way simply believing in Jesus Christ makes sense in a senseless world, comes through loud and clear. Our fast-paced, distraction-cluttered lives too often eclipse the “still, small voice” that Elijah rediscovered in a cave at Horeb (1 Kings 19). Grisham’s gift, which he himself calls a “God-given ability,” will see to that.īeyond this, however, you will enter a world where faith becomes real in a way you may have never experienced. I won’t commit the cardinal sin of revealing the plot-and will let Larry King’s assessment that “it has the best first 50 pages for pure storytelling impact that I have ever read” suffice for me. Grisham, who has called himself “a Christian writing popular fiction…I’m not writing Christian literature,” has included overt conversions to Christ in previous novels- The Street Lawyer and The Chamber-but I found the story in The Testament more compelling. Perhaps The Testament will follow suit, but if so, I suspect Hollywood will have a tougher time dealing with its content. Many of his previous titles have become blockbuster movies- The Pelican Brief, The Firm, and The Rainmaker immediately come to mind. This is yet another in a long line of novels by Grisham, who has become a fixture at the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Mac also has an image problem: “Mac knew he’d rather be a Bad Apple with Will than a sad apple without him,” which compromises the whole notion of the beauty of friendship. But still, there's that that hole in the head. And it doesn’t hurt, sympathy-wise, that the characters and settings are lusciously drawn. Crab apples can be so mean”-calling him a bad apple, readers will feel protective toward the little red guy. When the other apples in the neighborhood start giving Mac grief-“And no one in the orchard would play with them. This just seems weird, not to mention painful. They become fast friends, with Will living in a hole he drilled in Mac’s head. He likes a spring rain and is napping in the drizzle one day when a worm by the name of Will seeks shelter from the storm in Mac’s head (Mac is pretty much all head). He enjoys art classes and a slow drift down the neighborhood stream. Mac is an apple, a polished piece of perfection, but he's an easygoing, humble bit of applehood. Hemingway’s story of friendship against the odds is sweet, but it has hitched its wagon to a very challenging vehicle. Garrett Leigh’s Christmas on Firefly Hill is a fairly short, emotionally charged and low-angst read that, while not heavy on the turkey or the tinsel, still has enough festive cheer to warm the cockles. It takes a tough lesson and a dose of winter magic to learn that loving each other means Christmas all year round. The precious chance of true happiness they both so desperately need. Then fate brings them together again at the summit of Firefly Hill, and absence has only strengthened the current thrumming between them. That wicked brush of lips nothing but a dream. Their instant connection blows his mind, but their fleeting encounter is over before Logan can catch his breath. He doesn’t know how lonely he is until he meets Remy Collins, a gorgeous fire dancer at a sultry summer festival. A relentless work-life-balance and an expensive divorce have sucked the festive cheer from his days. Firefighter Logan Halliwell doesn’t have much time for romance. |