Interesting Links for 11-07-2016

[andrewducker]

People voted "Leave" in those areas with the highest percentage increases in immigration

Which will, presumably, be those areas that had only a few immigrants before.
(tags: immigration europe uk )

Why There Is No Jewish Narnia

(tags: fantasy judaism viaSupergee )

Brexit vote paves way for federal union to save UK, says all-party group

(tags: uk NorthernIreland scotland wales )

Pokemon Go used to help armed robbers commit crimes

(tags: games crime )

Thousands of people mysteriously develop an interest in taking the dog for a walk

(tags: games funny exercise )

Free tickets now available for the Edinburgh Festival opening event: Deep Time

(tags: edinburgh festival )

Does Full Genome Sequencing Really Cost $1,000 Now?

(tags: genetics Technology )

Comments

[myka]

Good scatterplots in the Economist article :-)

[andrewducker]

I love your nerdiness :-)

[conuly]

A response to the Jewish Narnia article. (And a point in the comments that pretty much all the well-known superheroes have Jewish origins, and if they're not fantasy then what the heck is?)

[andrewducker]

They aren't "fantasy" as the in the genre. They're fantastical, certainly.

The article was good though.

[movingfinger]

The "Why no Jewish Narnia" professor showed his hand when he complained that there were no Jews writing fantasy. He is not in fact reading modern fantasy or he would be better-informed.

[andrewducker]

He mentions Lev Grossman and Hagar Yanai as exceptions. Who are you thinking of?

[movingfinger]

Off the top of my head:

Esther Friesner
Ellen Kushner
Michael Chabon
Peter Beagle
Everybody in the Wandering Stars anthologies, I suppose
Lisa Goldstein
Avram Davidson
Robert Silverberg

I am disgusted to see this very-old-in-internet-dog-years article recirculated without any critical commentary from its reposters. It was thoroughly dissected and refuted six years ago. That whoever has now started Weingrad's turd going around again did not trouble themselves to include any links to the discussions and refutations it prompted that time is provocative, verging on deliberate erasure.

On her blog, in 2010, Farah Mendlesohn came up with the same names I just did off the top of her head, meaning they aren't so obscure as all that, and commenters added many more. Here.

Crikey, people! Don't just gulp it whole because it's pompous and authoritative-sounding. Do a little critical thinking. Essentially this thing was a puff piece for Lev Grossman, nothing else.