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.

Hehe. Should I ask hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Tudakoz%C3%B3/… here to force you to disambiguate ulysses?

Yay, sleuthing!

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(Yes, I know, Area 51 stats are useless and whatnot. Still feels good :-) )

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?

Thread to keep an eye on:

@BESW I read a lot of fantasy, and I'm not sure I could name any.

@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.

Peter Grant?

Bing

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.

Many Heinlein characters are non-white. There are very few white Americans in Starship Troopers.

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.

Resources like Minorities in Publishing and We Need Diverse Books and MedievalPOC's books tag have led me to a lot of great authors I might not have encountered otherwise.