I've got an 11 year old who likes horses. She's about the right age for Anne of Green Gables so I'm going to borrow the first one for her, but if you've got any other ideas I'm all ears.
[ Harold would be extremely flattered if he knew that, and the context. ]
She does in part. Butler uses science fiction to its fullest potential as an avenue for social commentary. Her works are about far more than the events taking place within them.
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I've got an 11 year old who likes horses. She's about the right age for Anne of Green Gables so I'm going to borrow the first one for her, but if you've got any other ideas I'm all ears.
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Most classic literature about horses is rather depressing. Is that suitable? Otherwise I may need to venture out of my previous reading experience.
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She can handle it. We aren't from the same universe, but she grew up under similar circumstances to me.
[A fellow guinea pig who has seen the absolute worst sides of science and medicine, in other words.]
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May I ask who it is we're speaking of?
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Laura. Tiny, brown hair, speaks Spanish.
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As for you, I'd recommend anything by Octavia Butler.
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[If there's anyone around here he's going to trust regarding Laura, it'll be Harold.]
Octavia Butler, got it. Does she write sci-fi?
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She does in part. Butler uses science fiction to its fullest potential as an avenue for social commentary. Her works are about far more than the events taking place within them.
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[That is not a complaint, mind.]
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