Ooh, I really liked Undertow -- it's one of my favorite books of hers, actually. (Although I say that about, like, half of her books I've read.) I'm not sure I'd call it Avatar-esque, or at least I didn't get such a "what we need is a honky" vibe from it.
A big part of what I like about Bear's writing, in Undertow and Dust in particular, is the way she writes technology, and technology as a part of people's bodies -- which I think is germane to the discussion.
"Overdetermined" is a good way to describe people's reaction. I'm sad about it, because she's an extremely important author for me, and her work is problematic in its own ways, surely, but I think less in the ways than that association would suggest.
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Date: 2013-02-13 02:00 am (UTC)A big part of what I like about Bear's writing, in Undertow and Dust in particular, is the way she writes technology, and technology as a part of people's bodies -- which I think is germane to the discussion.
"Overdetermined" is a good way to describe people's reaction. I'm sad about it, because she's an extremely important author for me, and her work is problematic in its own ways, surely, but I think less in the ways than that association would suggest.