Mónica’s Comments (group member since Sep 16, 2024)

Mónica’s comments from the Science Fiction: The Short Stuff group.

It took me a while to find something of the required length but I did! I haven’t read it but I’m thrilled to!

The tent by Margaret Atwood. (Not available on Kindle).

“The Tent is a book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 2006. Although classified with Atwood’s short fiction, it has been characterized as an “experimental” collection of “fictional essays"or “mini-fictions.” It also incorporates line drawings by Atwood” (Wikipedia).
I hope you’re interested!
My best,
Monica

Yeah, that would be amazing! Thanks!

Hi guys! My name is Monica, I’m delighted to be part of a group of people who love sci-fi literature.
1. Well, I think it was The Left Hand of Darkness. My memory isn’t serving me well at the moment, but I’ll go with that book. I was maybe 23 when I first read it and I was absolutely blown away about the fact that Ursula Le Guin had put into literature in the 70’s one crucial idea of current society: gender. I love the way it’s written, I love her language and her reflections.
2. I’m Colombian, living in the capital city: Bogota. I decided to stay here and continue with my mom’s legacy: a real state agency after I won a PhD scholarship to study in my dream country, Canada. The reason is quite simple, I will have a much more comfortable life staying here, with my own business, my own hours, etc., than going anywhere else to be an immigrant employee. I love life here even though, I prefer colder weather.
3. It would be the future, no doubt, because I’m homosexual and androgynous-looking. I think the future is very exciting as well as scary, but, in my case it’s better to explore new possibilities as past ones are so horrendous. In any case, I’m not big on surviving no matter what so if it would come to it, I’d die happily by own hand.
Thank you for the group and the discussions! Glad to be here!