![]() ![]() That's good, and it does get better, kids-even if you don't conform to bigoted Western cultural expectations. Journey to the wonder-filled world of Pern in the first volume of Anne McCaffreys best-selling Harper Hall Trilogy. This is a story of It Gets Better-Menolly goes from a prejudiced society to one that appreciates her for what she is. She's innocent, artistic, the forest creatures love her. Does Menolly in any way subvert our expectations of what a female fantasy character should be? No. someone who totally conforms to the prejudices of the target audience.Īnd so we have Menolly, the girl who is really good at music, but girls aren't supposed to be musicians don'tcha know, so shut up Menolly and go chop vegetables. ![]() someone who is overcoming prejudice in an unfair world, and 2. It turns out that a main character who goes against the fake cultural grain can be two things simultaneously: 1. In Dragonsong, Anne McCaffrey has done something else entirely. ![]() Thoughtful writers like Iain Banks can use alien prejudice to comment on the dynamics of power and on cultural relativity. Presumably, reading about strange discrimination teaches us that all discrimination is strange. Dragonsong tells how Menolly becomes Perns first female Harper. Alien prejudice is a favorite trope for sci-fi fantasy writers. 2,050 ratings33 reviews Volumes one and two in the bestselling Harper Hall Trilogy. ![]()
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