One of the illustrations (number 42) is actually printed mirrored in the book. That's really strange.
I mean, I assumed they didn't have good enough modern photographic technology, which is why they printed the etchings in small size despite that the pages are large.
I tried to ask this question on another SE, but it was out of scope:
What vampire stories or novels are specifically written in third person limited?
("I Am Legend" is a book that is about a human among vampires--not what I mean. Instead, what about a vampire or a vampires acquaintance in third person limited?
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@AdamUraynar I am not sure we do recommendations like that on main site either but someone might be able to recommend something here in chat potentially
Can anyone or any authors out there, point out some fantasy/paranormal books to me that have an African American female protagonist?#Books #authors #novels
@Donald.McLean That thread has a variety of great recommendations!
I've been making it a point to read books not just about diverse characters, but by diverse authors, for the last year or two, and it's been very rewarding.
@BESW I'm not surprised Octavia Butler is on the list, but I didn't realize she wrote fantasy as well. I know a number of ethnically diverse main characters, and ones from books I enjoy a lot, just not any that are African American. One of my top five favorite fantasy characters is a Brit of African descent.
I'm reading the Akata Witch series, which is about an albino Nigerian-American girl who moves back to Nigeria, discovers she's a leopard person (magic user), and is inducted into the local leopard person culture.
I've been finding that ethnically diverse characters are... less comfortable for me to read if their authors are white guys. Like, Alan Dean Foster's got a really interesting-sounding premise in Cyber Way but I can't bring myself to read it after seeing his "Not appropriation because 'citizen of the world'" rants.
And my opinions about how James SA Corey handles their diverse characters are on record.
I've been specifically seeking out "own stories" recently.
The poem "The Lily" by William Blake must be one of the shortest of his Songs of Innocence and of Experience collection, only four lines long:
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,
The humble sheep a threat’ning horn:
While the Lily white shall in love delight,
Nor a thorn nor a threat st...