![]() ![]() Dorsey has also written television and sta Candas Jane Dorsey (born November 16, 1952) is a Canadian poet and science fiction novelist.īorn and still living in Edmonton, Alberta, Dorsey became a writer from an early age, and a freelance writer since 1980. She writes across genre boundaries, writing poetry, fiction, mainstream and speculative, short and long form, arts journalism and arts advocacy. Born and still living in Edmonton, Alberta, Dorsey became a writer from an early age, and a freelance writer since 1980. I consider mixed case one of the hallmarks of civilization.moreĬandas Jane Dorsey (born November 16, 1952) is a Canadian poet and science fiction novelist. The white city (1985) - this story was written entirely in lowercase letters. Time Is the School in Which We Learn, Time Is the Fire in Which We Burn (1988) (Learning about) Machine Sex (1988) - this is like William Gibson's Sprawl series but better War and Rumours of War (1988) - a sequel to The Prairie Warriors Johnny Appleseed and the New World (1985) Liked: Death and Morning (1988) Johnny Appleseed and the New World (1985) The Prairie Warriors (1988) War and Rumours of War (1988) - a sequel to The Prairie Warriors (Learning about) Machine Sex (1988) - this is like William Gibson's Sprawl series but better Black Dog (1988) By Their Taste Shall Ye Know Them (1988) Willows (1986) OK: Sleeping in a Box (1988) "You'll Remember Mercury" (1988) Time Is the School in Which We Learn, Time Is the Fire in Which We Burn (1988) Disliked: Columbus Hits the Shoreline R Liked: But I only moderately enjoyed the difficult grammar (sometimes a-grammatical) and hard to understand points of view.more I really think that this is a talented writer and I will see what else she has written. They are also darn hard to read or understand and rather dark. The stories are surprising, thought provoking, original. Did I have the cultural capital to really understand them? Not being American might have meant I missed some of the nuances in the space-age versions of Johnny Appleseed and Columbus in two of the stories. I loved the Prairie Warriors and I was left wanting more, so when the author immediately followed that one up with War and Rumours of War I was ecstatic. It's pretty sex-positive as a book even when showing some of the abusive and tarnished sides of sexuality people tend to be social agents not victims. I liked that the gender and sexuality identity in them was pretty fluid and revolutionary even for 2015 let alone the eighties when it was written, and that nearly every character in the book was bisexual. Many were dystopian, usually without the redeeming feature or happy ending. It's pretty sex-positive as a book even when showing some of the abusive and tarnished sides of sexuality people tend to be social agents These stories were weird to the point where it was a slow and hard-working read. These stories were weird to the point where it was a slow and hard-working read.
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