Sally Caves wrote:
>>Nice work. Made me think about my favorite female writer Marion Zimmer
>>Bradley for the theme and the tone. And Rumor is impressive! ;-)
> Thanks again, Remi! I love Rumor... I think she's scarier when the image
> is negativized. Marion Zimmer Bradley, huh? I like her work, but I was
> rather hoping this would be a little more radical and scandalous--Melusine
Scandalous? Maybe, for the ones who think that M.Z.B. is scandalous but I'm
so used to her "over-feminism"... Besides, nothing shocks me really. I used
to crawl in the underground, I saw and read worst than that.
> can't bear normal children; she's half snake on Saturday; so she makes a
A woman who doesn't like children. Not a big deal to me. Their are so many
species on Earth of which the female doesn't care about its children even if
it carries them until birth. Some will even eat them if they stay too close
too long after birth. Why should the Human be different from the other
species of the planet? IMHO it's just a side effect of our patriarchal
society. The woman must stay at home to take care of the children so she
must love them too. Perverted logic. In a century or two when Men and Women
will behave undifferentiatly (sp?) all this will look soooo ridiculous.
I'm not a woman nor a feminist, just an "undifferentiatist". ;-)
> golem daughter out of the lost parts of artificial women. But I can see
> where you're coming from. It is very fairy-"tailish," and the prose style
> probably sounds like MZB a bit.
Definitively. It's the mix of underlying feminism with supernatural which
reminds me of M.Z.B.'s Darkover cycle.
>>kterogëe, [kdexog_0E"e] = Let's part.
> Oh let's not! ;) Interesting language, interesting sign-off!
Back on topic. A bit of conculture...
The Shaqueans don't say "Hello" or "Good bye". When two Shaqueans meet, they
usually ask /ri'rja ?/ which literally means "Do/Are/Have thou?" but which
actually means "Can I speak to thee?" or "What can I do for thee?" depending
on which one speaks first. It's the way to ask "Can we interact now?" or "Do
thou allow me to enter thy personal space?". The answer is /daçógei/
[daCOg_0e"i] "Let's get closer." to begin a conversation and /kterogëe/ is
used to terminate it --even before it begins. It also fits well at the end
of a letter or newsgroup message, like any expression which implies a future
interaction.
be vure daçógei zató'çka. [be: vuxe daCOg_0e"i zat_hO'Cga]
= The two of us will get closer again.
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