Tony Hillerman: Dead at 83
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- Navajo police mystery author dies (BBC News)
- Acclaimed author Tony Hillerman dies at 83 (Washington Post via AP News
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Date: 2008-10-29 03:14 am (UTC)Eeek, thanks for the link correction! (And the article link. And the reassurances about Hillerman's attitude/writing.)
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Date: 2008-10-31 05:47 pm (UTC)Have you read Roger Zelazny's Eye of Cat? (And did we discuss this book already?")
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Date: 2008-10-31 10:51 pm (UTC)Now that you mention it, I think I remember that.
I brought it up because Zelazny dedicated it to Leaphorn and Chee. Also, I had wanted to blog a reread of it about 14 months ago, and was worried whether I should. I had at that time just read Oyce's IBARW stuff about cultural appropriation. (Hadn't made your acquaintance at that point, so I couldn't ask ... .)
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Date: 2008-11-07 10:25 pm (UTC)My recollection is also that the Dine as a people were shown to be surviving quite nicely, using some little bits of technology as they saw fit but still living in their own lands on their own terms. And Singer's death was definitely his own issue, not his people's. I also recall feeling peaceful about the ending.
I liked the clip. It's amazing how little Judaism shows up in outer space-type SF. I think it's because most of the authors tend to portray an irreligious society out there, and they're thinking of Judaism as a religion, not a culture.