Since we’ll be discussing Reamde this evening, I thought I’d post a few things that I found while doing a bit of research ….
The first is a link to BoingBoing – where there’s a video of Neal Stephenson discussing Reamde with security experts and lawyers.
And the second is a link to a video on MIT Technology Review where Neal Stephenson discusses some of the issues in Reamde — specifically, Jason Pontin asks the science fiction author whether he typecasts female characters in his books.
I found the feminist question interesting, although it’s not the one I’d ask. I’d ask why all his female characters (or at least the ones in Reamde) are seemingly obligated to fall for whichever male character “rescues” her. I didn’t have time to watch the other video, so I watched a kitten fight an apple instead.