• (WFC) The Translator by Eboni J. Dunbar & Norm Sherman

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 25 12:34:33 2024
    The Translator by Eboni J. Dunbar & Norm Sherman

    A junior officer witnesses as an unqualified, xenophobic captain
    attempts to negotiate the transfer from aliens of technology that
    will permit humans to be even more annoying than they currently
    are.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/glorious-destiny
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  • From RelMark@21:1/5 to Michael F. Stemper on Fri Oct 25 18:31:29 2024
    "Michael F. Stemper" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 25/10/2024 07.34, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Translator by Eboni J. Dunbar & Norm Sherman


    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/glorious-destiny

    Just out of curiosity, what does "WFC" stand for, other than
    "Wells Fargo & Company"?

    World Fantasy Convention, I believe.
    There's an explanation for the review category here: https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/another-year-another-grand-project-for- fridays

    RelMark

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to Michael F. Stemper on Fri Oct 25 21:50:24 2024
    In article <vfgf7d$386ta$[email protected]>,
    Michael F. Stemper <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 25/10/2024 07.34, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Translator by Eboni J. Dunbar & Norm Sherman


    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/glorious-destiny

    Just out of curiosity, what does "WFC" stand for, other than
    "Wells Fargo & Company"?

    With Feta Cheese. It's option 6 on the pita platter.

    Also World Fantasy Convention.
    --scott

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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to Michael F. Stemper on Sat Oct 26 11:20:00 2024
    In article <vfgf7d$386ta$[email protected]>,
    Michael F. Stemper <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 25/10/2024 07.34, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Translator by Eboni J. Dunbar & Norm Sherman


    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/glorious-destiny

    Just out of curiosity, what does "WFC" stand for, other than
    "Wells Fargo & Company"?

    Last decade, World Fantasy put together a bountiful assortment of all
    white panels because apparently they didn't know of any POC. I thought
    I could do their homework for them so at least once a week, every
    Friday, I review a book by a different POC. No repeats* so if
    WFC finds itself short on ideas, they can just skim down the list
    of authors in that particular category.

    Because I read a lot of manga, in practice there are a lot of POC
    authors in that category as well. I think the last set of stats
    I have for how my numbers compare to the median reviewer, I
    reviewed books in general at about 45x the pace, books by women
    at... a hundred times? I think, and books by POC at a pace about
    two hundred times. The median reviewer doesn't review a lot of
    books and only reviews a book by a POC once every two years or
    so so it hard not to have numbers that greatly exceed them.

    * In a calendar year.

    There are authors like de Bodard and Mohamed who are prolific. Generally,
    the first book by them reviewed in a calendar year goes under WFC and
    the rest under other, suitable, categories.




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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to Michael F. Stemper on Mon Oct 28 13:08:43 2024
    In article <vfo123$10dkb$[email protected]>,
    Michael F. Stemper <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 26/10/2024 06.20, James Nicoll wrote:
    In article <vfgf7d$386ta$[email protected]>,
    Michael F. Stemper <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 25/10/2024 07.34, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Translator by Eboni J. Dunbar & Norm Sherman


    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/glorious-destiny

    Just out of curiosity, what does "WFC" stand for, other than
    "Wells Fargo & Company"?

    Last decade, World Fantasy put together a bountiful assortment of all
    white panels because apparently they didn't know of any POC. I thought
    I could do their homework for them so at least once a week, every
    Friday, I review a book by a different POC. No repeats* so if
    WFC finds itself short on ideas, they can just skim down the list
    of authors in that particular category.

    [snip remainder of interesting background]

    Thanks for the info! Not only "what", but "why".

    The interesting or an interesting development is that I collect
    appropriate books for that category a lot faster than I can
    review them. I don't think that would have been true 20 years
    and depending on how next week's elections go, it might not
    be true in a year.

    --
    My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
    My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/
    My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
    My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

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