tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post88203166104020089..comments2024-01-09T18:40:53.465-08:00Comments on Ramblings of a Creative Double Dipper: Danse Macabre--chapter 29Christwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-56679301752851335692013-11-24T08:03:50.554-08:002013-11-24T08:03:50.554-08:00One of my favourite authors, Diane Duane, grew up ...One of my favourite authors, Diane Duane, grew up in a house that was in her words "neither safe nor sane". It shows up all over her fiction. She thinks very much about how people treat one another, and the world around them, and how they treat themselves. Care for the world, care for others, and care for the self are all imbedded in her stories in ways that make it clear she's spent a lot of time thinking about these things. And one of the ways that's imbedded in her work is that the world reflects that care back, in ways that are both subtle and overt. In various ways, depending on whether she's writing SF or fantasy, the world speaks back to the characters to warn them if they're making dangerous choices. Sometimes people choose to ignore that care, but it's always there. And if they choose to continue making dangerous choices they have to deal with the consequences, but it is very clear that they built those consequences for themselves and can choose again.<br /><br />LKH has likewise created a world that cares, but it only cares for one person.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828438966741169694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-23813388746021738722013-11-24T06:19:09.768-08:002013-11-24T06:19:09.768-08:00Telling Anita to get her life in gear would make h...Telling Anita to get her life in gear would make her *feel bad* though - and as far as I can tell, literally everything in the books exists so that Anita doesn't ever have to feel bad. It appears to be the only real crime in the Anitaverse. Even if doing so might save some lives. :/Duamuteffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467912396487349539noreply@blogger.com