11/20/2023 0 Comments Fantasy author debra doyle![]() It’s a very small part of the series, however. The only thing I noticed this time around was that there was a fairly stereotypical depiction of sex work–not shaming the worker, not in the least, but viewing sex work as something intrinsically degrading that would only be done out of necessity. And Mageworlds does way better than Star Wars on its number and range of female characters, though it still doesn’t manage actual parity. Oh, and can I interest you in a main character who cross-dresses and supporting characters who are canonically in a same-sex relationship? (Sadly, like the Star Wars movies, apparently we can only have one dark-skinned character at a time, unless they’re that one character’s kids but I do love Llannat a lot. But yeah: space battles, hand-to-hand combat with glowy things, non-human species, and complicated family relationships (no incest or close calls with, though), plus more worldbuilding and moral complexity than I, at least, got out of the Star Wars movies. I think they do pretty well, though honestly I imprinted on them hard back when I first read them, so I can’t promise I’m entirely objective. I have never actually asked the authors about this, but I am morally certain that they began as Star Wars fanfic-and now that the Star Wars movies have moved into the next generation, I thought I’d dust these off and see how they held up. Macdonald, which were published in the 1990s and remain available as ebooks. So now would be an awesome time to introduce you to the Mageworlds books by Debra Doyle and James D. ![]() Hey fandom: I hear you like your space opera with a new generation dealing with the aftermath of a galaxy-spanning war, plus central female characters and a main character with dark skin? (This entry was 95% drafted nearly a year ago, as will become immediately apparent.)
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