tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146443435626566319.post8421039809002078051..comments2023-06-04T04:28:27.613-05:00Comments on Author Gina Fairchild: Thoughts on Equoid by Charles StrossFairchildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047483452208772141noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146443435626566319.post-59162930022488686112014-09-15T15:36:01.597-05:002014-09-15T15:36:01.597-05:00Thanks for your thoughts Henry. I also thought of ...Thanks for your thoughts Henry. I also thought of the difference in how the girls versus males were valued by the Queen, but I wanted to allow for the reality-based male/female reproductive process. The queen is female so of course she'd value males (for their sperm), but when you add in the stuff about immortality and mindmelding it isn't so clear-cut anymore.Fairchildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047483452208772141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146443435626566319.post-83633488324911101252014-09-03T01:30:18.704-05:002014-09-03T01:30:18.704-05:00As Kameron Hurley said, "As storytellers, the...As Kameron Hurley said, "<a href="http://goo.gl/jNdEQU" rel="nofollow">As storytellers, there are more interesting choices we can make</a>." (The irony of Hurley's piece winning a Hugo the same year as Stross' didn't escape me.)<br /><br />I don’t understand the choices Stross made with regard to the scenes involving the girls, or their ages—yes choices—and why another Henry Fieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03398488999164336036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146443435626566319.post-22544411099528607532014-09-03T01:29:51.777-05:002014-09-03T01:29:51.777-05:00I've read the story after reading your thought...I've read the story after reading your thought in this brief but brave post. Brave because after I'd read the story my next thought was, "Surely other people were bothered by these points?"<br /><br />Apparently not so much.<br /><br />My thoughts are much the same as your own. Stross if a very good writer. The story is chocked full of merits. There were moments when I was Henry Fieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03398488999164336036noreply@blogger.com