V.S. Naipaul is a Sexist

V.S. Naipaul is also a great writer, and one whose fiction and nonfiction I have read and reread over the years. A great human being? Not so much, and does that matter? Ta-Nehisi Coates posted a comment by "Hilzoy" on the writer and the man:

"It would be a mistake not to read Naipaul. He's a gorgeous, gorgeous writer. . . he's also one of the best examples around of someone who is (imho) deeply worth reading, but whose treatment of both women and blacks (esp. blacks outside Africa) is just horrific."

Read the whole post, which sums up my own views.

Seed Trilogy Available in E-Formats

My novels Earthseed, Farseed, and Seed Seeker are now available in electronic formats for Kindles, Nooks, and all e-readers, and I recommend that readers order them through the Web site of Flights of Fantasy, our local sf and fantasy bookstore. Another local independent bookstore now offering e-editions is The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza. Help keep an indie bookstore in business!

Earthseed Optioned by Paramount

I didn't post about this earlier, as some might have taken it for an April Fools Day joke. It's not.

Update: Empire State Book Festival

At the Empire State Book Festival in Albany, New York on April 2, I will be on a panel, "She Blinded Me with Science Fiction," with moderator Joe Berlant at 2:45 pm and at a book signing/meet-and-greet at 4:45 pm. More about the Festival's programming is here.

How to Help Japan

The Huffington Post has posted a list of organizations ready to help.