#britishwriters — Public Fediverse posts

Oscar Wilde's links to blackface and racism

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/oscar-wilde-s-links-to-blackface-and-racism-1.3566616

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British author Brian Aldiss was #BOTD 100 years ago!
Apart from many famous #sciencefiction works, incl. his #Helliconia trilogy & "Supertoys Last All Summer Long", adapted as #Spielberg's "A.I.", he also wrote general fiction, poetry & non-fiction on SF

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Tolkien lived in Africa as a child and yet he wrote the epic fantasy Lord of the Rings where all dark skinned peoples are on the side of evil.

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'Tragically, Douglas Adams died in 2001. So what does Stephen Fry, a close friend, voice of the audiobook, and possibly one of the most intelligent admirers of The Hitchhiker's Guide think?

"Of course, it would be unfair

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#BritishWriters advice needed. For a scene set in a school, does one check for someone in the “girl’s room?” “Toilets”? “Rest room” like in the US? #Thanks #amwriting #writingadvice #BritishEnglish