Page on feministsf wiki to help document RaceFail 09

While I'm not sure that is what it should or will ultimately be called, it's floating around, and we can move the name fairly easily.

Tempest was talking about wiki stuff and documenting this extended discussion,

http://tempest.fluidartist.com/2009/02/05/some-thoughts-on-wikiwork/#comment-14696

So I made a page here on the feministsf wiki, as a stub,

http://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=RaceFail_09

Please help fill it out if you have a little time.

I think when the Carl Brandon Society wiki gets created and filled out a bit, it will be easy to move/copy/redirect the feministsf page to there, if that's what people want to do.

I hope that's helpful. I would actually love to see the participants in the discussions to wikify their names, because to me they are well known players/figures, cultural and literary critics in general in sf/f fandom. I'm hoping the key posts will emerge from this, too, and will be more easily referenced & remembered, and that this group history-building can be useful for people who 3 months from now want to know what the deal was and who dig in and start reading.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Díaz (#2)

I bought The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao on ethereal_lad's recommendation but was afraid it would be too literary for me, too New Yorker-ish and twee.

No! Not at all!

It's GREAT! I was drawn in immediately. By page 3 I was laughing hysterically and yelping to everyone in the house about the fantastic characters, the jokes, and the footnotes which are half about Dominican history and half quotes from the Silmarillion. Oscar's story, his sister's, his mom's, U.S. pop culture, geek culture, the history of Trujillo and the politics of the D.R. for the rest of the century, everything mixes up together to build an amazing, intense, and deeply nerdy view of the world. If you're a science fiction or comic book or role playing game geek, bump this book up to the top of your reading list.

Don't worry about not getting the Spanish bits, that is what the Internet is for. Look it up if you must. But you can enjoy the book without knowing what "carajo" or "coñazo" means. It's just more fun if you do know.

Note that you can buy it in Spanish if you like.

ALSO

I just noticed Junot Díaz is really, really cute.

Thank you Mr. President

Barack Obama is tired of your motherfucking shit

Sound clips of President Obama reading from the audio book version of Dreams for My Father, scenes where his friend Ray is talking...

"There are white folks, and then there are ignorant motherfuckers like you."

AHAHAAA

Please someone go edit that into all sorts of awesome video clips.