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Aliette de Bodard [0-0] French
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Writer, Fiction writer


Aliette de Bodard is a French-American speculative fiction writer. She is of French/Vietnamese descent, born in the USA, and grew up in Paris. French is her mother-tongue, but she writes in English.


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When I read 'Dream of Red Mansions,' I was really struck by the fact that it was built differently from a lot of genre works. Specifically, a lot of the events that should have taken centre-stage - wars, social upheavals - were seen entirely through the eyes of the women of a Chinese household.
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It certainly seems as though a great majority of genre is conflict-focused and, not only that, but focused on large physical conflicts.
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