tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post6992289662191907776..comments2023-11-21T03:24:50.235-05:00Comments on Here be Magic: Discovering the Power of the Disabled ProtagonistJody W. and Meankittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13733607365443126784noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-42591942378091609812013-08-26T20:45:01.381-04:002013-08-26T20:45:01.381-04:00Be sure to check to see if you won! http://herebem...Be sure to check to see if you won! http://herebemagic.blogspot.com/2013/08/here-be-news_26.html Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-26125179729397082542013-08-24T11:37:31.527-04:002013-08-24T11:37:31.527-04:00Quite the stack of disabilities there - very inter...Quite the stack of disabilities there - very interesting!Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-54193523532889873342013-08-23T01:47:32.479-04:002013-08-23T01:47:32.479-04:00Also from one of my favourite authors - Imrhien th...Also from one of my favourite authors - Imrhien the heroine of Cecilia Dart-Thornton's "The Ill-Made Mute" - she is disfigured, amnesiac and mute. Laura Athenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840020148267981868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-65134785714840734922013-08-22T23:48:29.038-04:002013-08-22T23:48:29.038-04:00Niall Parollan - and that novella where they virtu...Niall Parollan - and that novella where they virtually do the deed?? ~fans self~Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-720430005629892522013-08-22T23:47:42.286-04:002013-08-22T23:47:42.286-04:00Oh yes! Great point, Sandra - the Ship Who Sang is...Oh yes! Great point, Sandra - the Ship Who Sang is one of my favorite novels of all time and Helva is a primo example of a profoundly "disabled" heroine. Well done!<br /><br />Will have to check out Vicki, too!Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-75609230090505258352013-08-22T23:45:36.253-04:002013-08-22T23:45:36.253-04:00Nessa probably is a secondary character, but an in...Nessa probably is a secondary character, but an interesting example. And will have to look up Barbara and Susannah - though I'd also guess they're, at best, secondary characters. Alas. Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-39711267819736614222013-08-22T23:43:44.521-04:002013-08-22T23:43:44.521-04:00Love clockwork - and JK! Great rec. Love clockwork - and JK! Great rec. Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-12694998559524340592013-08-22T23:43:09.021-04:002013-08-22T23:43:09.021-04:00Ooh - FASCINATING!Ooh - FASCINATING!Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-66824773632639435342013-08-22T13:51:38.746-04:002013-08-22T13:51:38.746-04:00Oh, I loved McCaffrey's brain-ships. Wasn'...Oh, I loved McCaffrey's brain-ships. Wasn't The Ship Who Sang the first one? She managed to create sexual tension with one of the main characters fully encased in titanium.A. J. Larrieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880636157146909387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-14843411894230421732013-08-22T13:26:25.977-04:002013-08-22T13:26:25.977-04:00Anne McCaffery wrote a "Brainship" serie...Anne McCaffery wrote a "Brainship" series in which people born with severe physical disabilities are placed in life-support shells and become the brains controlling spaceships. I'm not sure if that's what Sassy is looking for, but it's worth mentioning.<br /><br />Tanya Huff has a fantasy series about a detective, Vicki Nelson, who is slowing going blind due to Retinitis Pigmentosa.Sandra Ulbrich Almazanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365908651235829765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-44017644215526585852013-08-22T13:01:22.963-04:002013-08-22T13:01:22.963-04:00Speaking of Batman, Barbara Gordon gets crippled b...Speaking of Batman, Barbara Gordon gets crippled by the Joker and becomes the wheelchair-bound Oracle.<br /><br />Also, there's Nessarose in Wicked, but I'm not sure she counts as a protagonist.<br /><br />But definitely Susannah Dean from Stephen King's Dark Tower series.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840386653128026934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-29221822463665923602013-08-22T12:11:57.450-04:002013-08-22T12:11:57.450-04:00Carina Press novella Far From Broken by J.K. Coi f...Carina Press novella Far From Broken by J.K. Coi features a disabled heroine with clockwork parts.Nicole Luikenhttp://www.nicoleluiken.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-703353451823731892013-08-22T11:56:32.944-04:002013-08-22T11:56:32.944-04:00James Alan Gardner has a space opera series in whi...James Alan Gardner has a space opera series in which the overarching premise involves people with disabilities or disfigurements. The first book (Expendable) and several others follow recurring heroine Festina Ramos, who has a disfiguring facial birthmark. One of the later books (I think the title is Radiant) has a paraplegic heroine in a wheelchair. They're great books--inventive, fun and smart.A. J. Larrieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880636157146909387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-54707604278975643962013-08-22T11:49:37.008-04:002013-08-22T11:49:37.008-04:00Interesting! I haven't read that one, either. ...Interesting! I haven't read that one, either. Great suggestion!Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-16362413965340082402013-08-22T11:01:02.402-04:002013-08-22T11:01:02.402-04:00The only one I can think of is the novella "S...The only one I can think of is the novella "Seeing Eye" by Patricia Briggs. It's in the Strange Brew anthology. The blind witch Moira helps the werewolf Tom find his missing brother. I think Briggs is going to do another novella, possibly a novel, about the couple in the next year or so. They appear in the second Alpha & Omega book, Hunting Ground, as secondary characters as well.Rebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521312146915448887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-38450519697261098732013-08-22T09:32:55.528-04:002013-08-22T09:32:55.528-04:00Ooh - and I didn't know either of those. Good ...Ooh - and I didn't know either of those. Good recommendations. Thank you!Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-5224395968340910302013-08-22T09:26:55.332-04:002013-08-22T09:26:55.332-04:00Happy birthday Jeffe!
I can think of two handicap...Happy birthday Jeffe!<br /><br />I can think of two handicapped heroines right now from fantasy - Hawkspar from the novel by Holly Lisle (who is blinded, and her eyes replaced by stone eyes), and the sorceress Althea from Terry Goodkind's "The Pillars of Creation", who after saving people from the evil Darken Rahl, is eventually captured, tortured and stripped of her power - left permanently crippled with useless withered legs. Nevertheless she is extremely brave, with a strong, indomitable spirit. <br /><br />There are probably other ones that I will think of later... Those are the two that come to mind.Laura Athenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840020148267981868noreply@blogger.com