tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978497880525976810.post7687384421888150443..comments2024-01-17T01:33:01.361-08:00Comments on Staffer's Book Review: Seed - Rob ZieglerJustinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18030992882575439420noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5978497880525976810.post-45901553932612216302012-06-17T22:55:43.760-07:002012-06-17T22:55:43.760-07:00I am posting my review of this book this week, and...I am posting my review of this book this week, and I have to say, I didn't enjoy it. I was really looking forward to it, but for me, it was a struggle to just get through it. I can freely admit that the book was probably over my head, and I can see why it has garnered praise. (I plan on linking your review to mine, because I like to post a link to a positive review when I write a negative one.)<br /><br />Yet, one thing sort of bothered me. It's not really a direct criticism of Ziegler, or seed, but of a trend in fiction, especially science fiction. I didn't touch on it in my review, because the issue didn't really contribute to my not liking the book, was just something that I thought about during the reading. <br /><br />I wonder if in fiction, autism is becoming the new "magical negro" for lack of a better term. I guess what started me thinking about this is more the show Touch, then Seed, but it's something that has sort of bothered me. We "neuro-typicals" don't understand autism, or how the autistic think, so we try to create situations were the autistic are almost like superheroes with special talents that we can't really understand. <br /><br />I have worked with special needs individuals for years, although not in any sort of therapeutic way. I also have a nephew who is on the spectrum. I am often amazed by things he can do, and information he picks up, and the intuitive leaps he can make. Yet, I also see the struggles he undergoes to engage with people in a traditional way. I would love to think that there is something more than a developmental disability but I can't be sure. I often wonder what he would think of a show like Touch, or reading fiction where a persons autism plays into the tale, like in Seed. <br /><br />Sorry for the rambling comment, it was just a thought I had while reading Seed, and reading your review made me think about it again.The Guilded Earlobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573214176323129399noreply@blogger.com