UGeorge RR uMartin uthetha ngeSci-Fi, iiSuperfans, kunye nezesini kwi-Edinburgh International Festival Festival

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Ndicinga ukuba ndinokuthelekelela ukuba leliphi icandelo lesihloko elibambe ingqalelo yakho. Ke masiqale ngalo mbuzo, ubuzwe nguGeorge RR Martin kwi-Edinburgh International Book Festival: Kutheni kungekho sini sini Ingoma ye-Ice noMlilo ?

Kwimeko ethile, ukuba ufuna umxholo wokuba uMartin abuzwe ngesini se-gay: Ngelixa kukho isixa esifanelekileyo se-bow-chicka-bow-wow in Imidlalo yeethrone , Akukho nanye engokwesini esifanayo, njengoko kungekho zimpawu zichanekileyo ezingacacanga. Iimpawu zikaMartin, kakhulu kakhulu kwezinye iimeko, ukuba abalinganiswa abathile bangamafanasini (uLoras noRenly) okanye abesilisa nabasetyhini (u-Oberyn Martell), kodwa akukaze kuchazwe ngokungqalileyo, uLoras noRenly. Ewe. Yenze ngokupheleleyo.

Ke kutheni ugcina ishishini elixhomileyo liye ngqo kwaye limxinwa? Yindala ndiza kuyenza-ukuba-yayifanele-icebo le-chestnut: UMartin ubhala esebenzisa abalinganiswa bokujonga, kwaye akukho namnye wabalinganiswa bembono omiselweyo onomtsalane wesini esifanayo. Yiyo loo nto… kungekho sini sini. Ngeliphandle, yindlela endikhetha ngayo ukubhala intsomi kuba leyo yindlela sonke esiziva ngayo ebomini. Undibona kwimbono yakho, awuboni into ebonwa ngumntu apha, uyachaza.

Ngaba olo tshintsho luya kutshintsha? Uyaqhubeka. Kusenokwenzeka. Ndineeleta ezivela kubalandeli abafuna ukuba ndibonise imeko-bume yesini ecacileyo eyindoda - uninzi lweeleta zivela kubafazi… [Kodwa] andizukuyenza nje loo nto. Ukuba iyelenqe liyaboleka kuloo nto, ukuba omnye wabalinganiswa bam bembono ukwimeko ethile, andizukuyiphepha, kodwa ngekhe ufake izinto kuba wonke umntu ufuna ukuzibona.

* Snickers ngaphezulu kokufaka izinto. * Hayi… hayi, kulungile. Ndineminyaka elishumi elinesibini kuphela ubudala.

Ngelixa ndiyihloniphayo into kaMartin ngokusisiseko, ubufuna ukuba ndibeke phi imeko yesini? C'mon ngoku, oku kumalunga nesenzo uqobo-simalunga nokumelwa. Ngaba singafumana abalinganiswa be-LGBTQA, uMartin? Ndiyacela? Akunyanzelekanga ukuba ibandakanye nokuba neentlobano zesini kwaphela, kuba ubomi, masithi, ungungqingili, buchazwa ngaphezulu kwalowo walala naye. Umntu osisitabane ulifanasini nangona engabelani ngesondo. Ndiyazi. Thatha umzuzwana.

Ngeendaba eziphazamisayo-kodwa-ngezahlukileyo, uMartin uphinde wathetha e-Edinburgh malunga nendlela ootitshala bakhe abazame ngayo ukumenza ayeke ukufunda i-sci-fi ngezizathu zokuba ayisiyongxaki ~ ~ ngokwaneleyo:

Xa ndandineminyaka eli-12 okanye eli-13, ndayalela ootitshala ukuba bathathe iincwadi zeentsomi zika- [Robert A] Heinlein no- [Isaac] Asimov baze bathi: ‘Ungumntwana okrelekrele, ufumana amanqaku aphezulu. Kutheni ufunda le nkunkuma? Bayabolisa ingqondo yakho. Kuya kufuneka ufunda USilas Marner . ’Ukuba bendifunda USilas Marner , Mhlawumbi ngendiyekile ukufunda.

Oooooh. Utshisiwe, uGeorge Eliot. UMartin wongeze ukuba ukucalucalula ngokuchasene nohlobo lwentsomi kuyaphuka, kwaye, Ukwahlula okungeyonyani nakanjani-ubuchule bokubhala kwifomu yalo yangoku luhlobo ngokwalo.

Kwaye kwezinye iindlela: kudliwanondlebe olubanzi kunye Ezizimeleyo (kufanelekile ukufundelwa ngamabali kaMartin e-chess nerdery), uMartin wathetha ngezinto ezithile, er, abalandeli abakhulu, njengabo babuza ukuba uya kufa na engekagqibi Ingoma ye-Ice noMlilo . Ndinabona balandeli babalaseleyo emhlabeni ubukhulu becala, ucacisile. Bambalwa abacaphukisayo, kumele kuthiwe… Kodwa kufuneka ndiyamkele. Kuza nomhlaba ... Uninzi lwababhali, akukho mntu unika ikiti xa incwadi yabo iphuma kwaye naxa iphuma, akukho mntu ukhathalayo. Ndingathanda ukuba nengxaki yam kunengxaki yabo.

Kwaye okokugqibela, le yeyabanye abalandeli beencwadi zam: UMartin wakuqinisekisa oko Uya kudlala indima ebalulekileyo kwiincwadi eziseleyo, nangona engayi kuba ngumlinganiswa we-POV. Konke ukukhankanywa ngaye, , zinqunyulwe kumboniso ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.

(nge UMgcini , Ababukeli eludongeni )

Ngaphambili eGeorge RR Martin

  • UGeorge RR Martin Uxoxa ngokwahluka ngokobuhlanga kwi Imidlalo yeethrone Kunye nabalandeli
  • UGeorge RR uMartin Stuns Fans ngokwala ukubulala umntu, ubhala ileta encomekayo endaweni yoko
  • UGeorge R.R. Martin ukhusela udlwengulo Ingoma ye-Ice noMlilo Kwimihlaba yokuchaneka ngokwembali

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