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Natasha Rodriguez wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years ago
At first when I was reading Dawn, I was appalled at how Butler made a lot of the characters who were Awakened by Lilith try to attack her and each other. Although it was conflict for the story, I would like to […]
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Natasha Rodriguez wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years ago
Upon learning that Patternmaster is the first book that Octavia Butler wrote in the Patternist series, I immediately began to wonder what it would have been like if we had read the series in the order that Butler […]
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Natasha Rodriguez wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 1 month ago
In class when we were discussing why Professor McCoy should like Patternmaster and then why she should dislike Patternmaster, a student made a comment about how the character Teray was based on Octavia Butler’s […]
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Natasha Rodriguez wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 1 month ago
In the Patternist series, growth is a major concept. Although we haven’t read Patternmaster yet, so far each book in the series has an aspect about growth. In Wild Seed, the character Doro creates communities […]
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Natasha Rodriguez wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 2 months ago
Doro is dead.
Doro is actually dead.
After four thousand years of living by taking others’ bodies and trying to build an empire, Doro finally met his match. He always thought that he would never die, that […]
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Natasha Rodriguez wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 2 months ago
In Fledging, I found the concept of “symbionts” a little strange. Although symbionts love their Ina, I find that love to be somewhat false. Clearly, the feelings that exist between the symbiont and the Ina would […]
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Natasha Rodriguez joined the group Speculative Fiction 9 years, 3 months ago
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Natasha Rodriguez started the topic The Great Gatsby in the forum Film Talk 9 years, 11 months ago
The Great Gatsby (2013), directed by Baz Luhrmann, is a gorgeous modern adaptation of the American classic. In 2011, when I first heard about the makings of this movie, I was very excited and even more excited that Leonardo DiCaprio was going to play Jay Gatsby. When I finally watched this movie for the first time in 2013, I wanted to re-watch it…[Read more]
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Natasha Rodriguez replied to the topic Casablanca in the forum Film Talk 10 years, 2 months ago
I agree with Michael. Rick did not only make his decision for Ilsa, but for Victor as well. Although in a film the audience does not know what the characters are thinking, it is implied in the film that Rick was considering Victor’s important duties when making his decision.
Also, I don’t mean to sound cheesy or cliche, but love does tend to…[Read more]
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