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Grown2Hate

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25. They would describe each character and their

Reply to Marcuse (Reply #23)

Fri Jan 6, 2023, 09:57 PM

Jan 2023

complexion, cultural foods, or garb (like in Chrisjen's case), but didn't really differentiate race, if that makes sense (like you referenced, short of the differences between Belter, Martian, and Earthers, but even that was more the body differences from living in uniquely different gravity wells).

The books are SO immersive and descriptive that's its unlike anything I've ever read. I'm at the tail end of the 9th (and final) book now. I don't want it to end!

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I must ask this, even if it reveals a lot of ignorance on my part. [View all] PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2023 OP

Interesting question. I picture the characters as the race/ethnicity of the author. LoisB Jan 2023 #1

Good point. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2023 #3

What race/ethnicity was Jesus? It depends on whose wall his portrait hangs. keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #2

I'm not talking about Jesus. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2023 #4

He was a Jew. milestogo Jan 2023 #5

Some super Christians are disappointed that Christ was a Jew. keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #7

He probably looked like Beatlelvr Jan 2023 #10

Nah, he looked like Mandy Patinkin. milestogo Jan 2023 #21

Blasphemer! Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #19

With his own AR-15 keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #20

I remember seeing one of those pastel illustrations with him wearing a gold cross necklace. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #22

... Nevilledog Jan 2023 #24

Cool. Don't Bogart. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #27

This is profoundly ignorant of basic Classical history Genki Hikari Jan 2023 #29

Laughter is good for the soul. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #30

Great question Effete Snob Jan 2023 #6

The setting often guides the picture in my head. cachukis Jan 2023 #8

Never thought of it this way,... magicarpet Jan 2023 #9

Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2023 #13

I'm weird I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2023 #11

Things I Did NOT Expect to See in this Thread for Grown2Hate Jan 2023 #14

Since I have not watched The Expanse, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2023 #16

Was the book race conscious (beyond Earthers, Martians and Belters)? I enjoyed the video series. Marcuse Jan 2023 #23

They would describe each character and their Grown2Hate Jan 2023 #25

Thanks. Marcuse Jan 2023 #28

I'm basically with you... Wounded Bear Jan 2023 #12

If the author isn't descriptive of the characters Tree Lady Jan 2023 #15

Good question. I don't consciously generate images to fill in the authors' deliberate blanks. Marcuse Jan 2023 #17

Great question nightwing1240 Jan 2023 #18

I always assume I am reading the author's "voice". MicaelS Jan 2023 #26