Reading up on Ada Palmer
2 deep · digging since sep 05
- How is Inventing the Renaissance an SFF-Related Work? – Ex Urbe
Ada Palmer argues that her nonfiction history Inventing the Renaissance is SFF‑related because it contains genre references, explores the golden/dark‑age myth, and adopts science‑fiction storytelling tools.
- Worldbuilding Gender - by Mike Winer - Millicosm
The essay argues that Terra Ignota’s gender‑neutral society fails to solve discrimination, while Wheel of Time entrenches essentialism and Stormlight Archive shows gender roles needing constant cultural negotiation.