On Wed, 31 Dec 1997, Catherine Asaro wrote:
>
> Surprisingly (to me at least) the book that engendered hostility is
> CATCH THE LIGHTNING, which is narrated by a seventeen year old Maya girl
> in a far more traditional role. No one blinked at the fact that women
> in the other two chose to have love relationships outside of marriage,
> but in CTL it incensed some readers, even though the two characters
> eventually married (which for science fiction is about as traditional as
> it gets). The fact that a girl from the barrio is intelligent and
> articulate, and eventually earns a number of advanced degrees, has also
> inspired not only disbelief, but in some cases actual anger. (Another
> reason I relate to Vonda's comment about being hammered for her
> portrayal of MJ).
>
> I'm not really sure I understand it.
I can. Can you spell R-A-C-I-S-M?
Patricia (Pat) Mathews
mathews @unm.edu
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