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September 1, 2013 /

Us vs. Them vs. Grow the Hell Up

I’m still not entirely sure what the hell happened last week. I know it started when someone forwarded a comment I made on Twitter a few weeks back to the SMOFs listserv. I talked about that some here.

To back up a bit, “SMOFs” refers to Secret Masters of Fandom. It was originally coined as a rather joking, self-deprecating term for the folks who work their asses off behind the scenes running conventions and such. The folks who won the bid to host NASFiC in Detroit for 2014? They’ll be smoffing nonstop for the next year to make that happen. (Congrats and good luck to them all, by the way!!!)

I spoke to a number of people about fandom and SMOFs and convention history and so on last week. Multiple conrunners referred to a siege mentality, a sense that the SMOFs are constantly under attack, creating a strong Us vs. Them mentality. Reading between the lines, I suspect that when I critiqued fandom’s lack of diversity by referencing a photo of Worldcon Con Chairs, that was enough for some people to assume I was “them,” one of the people who was out to get the SMOFs, destroy Worldcon, and retire to my secret moonbase where I’d pet my cat and practice twirling my mustache.

Whatever. But later in the week, Nick Mamatas posted a pic of a “SMOF ZONE” sign at Worldcon. I retweeted the pic with the question, “So, um, anyone know the story behind this sign at Worldcon?” and “To clarify, I know what SMOF stands for. I don’t see how a ‘SMOF ZONE’ sign is going to do anything but irritate folks.” Because, you know, if you’re worried about an Us vs. Them siege, then even if the sign was meant to be tongue-in-cheek — and I suspect it was — it’s probably not going to help matters.

This was enough to get me labelled a troll and accused once again of being out to destroy people.

Look, I get it. I’ve seen the comments that anyone who considers themselves a SMOF should be ashamed of themselves. I’ve watched people accuse the entire group of being out-of-touch, exclusive, overly conservative, power-grubbing, and more. I’ve come across the outright mockery. I suspect the folks who identify as SMOFs have heard far worse, and that sucks.

SFWA has gone through similar crap lately. The organization has had its share of screw-ups, and people generalize them to everyone and everything associated with the organization. “SFWA is an organization of old white dudes stuck in the past, working hard to ensure their own irrelevance.”

That certainly describes some members, yes. But not all of them. Any more than the SMOFs listserv is made up of a unified groupmind convinced that anyone who offers criticism or asks questions is THE ENEMY.

I get that some folks prefer a simplistic binary view of the world. Hell, I’m sure I’ve fallen into that trap myself on occasion, though I try not to. But the whole “Us vs. Them” thing is inaccurate, childish, and harmful no matter which side you think you’re on. There are assholes on every side of every debate. Assuming an organization, whether it’s SMOFs or SFWA or liberals or conservatives or whatever, to be a monolithic borg-mind of Wrongness is just going to increase that siege mentality and probably irritate even the people who might agree with you. Assuming all criticism comes from the “Them” who are out to get you means ignoring real concerns and alienating potential allies.

Someone pointed out that it can be hard to hear criticism of something you’ve poured so much time and work into. Yep. I spend a year or more on every book, and as soon as it appears in the world, people start to point out my mistakes, things I could have done better, and so on. It’s hard. Sometimes it feels unfair. Occasionally I go home and curl up in my Protective Blanket of Fear for a while.

But “I worked hard on this” doesn’t exempt you from criticism. Those harsh reviews aren’t about anyone being out to get me. It’s not an Authors vs. Reviewers thing. It’s people taking the time to express their opinions because they care about this stuff. Sure, some of those opinions are wrong. Others raise valid points. Sometimes I even learn from the criticism, and am able to improve future books.

I love fandom. I love conventions. I love getting to geek out with people, to celebrate our stories and our jokes and our heroes and more. But our community also has some serious problems, and I intend to keep talking about them and trying to push for us to solve them. Not because I’m trying to destroy fandom, but because I care about it and want it to be better. And I think the “Us vs. Them” nonsense is one of the things that continues to hurt us, and gets in the way of progress.

I know there are people out there who hate me, and that’s fine. But I hope they hate me for me, for the things I’ve actually said and done, as opposed to their perception that I’m one of “them,” for whatever value of “them” you might be using at the moment.

Thanks for reading. This was something I needed to get out of my system.

Oh, and whoever has been taking it upon themself to forward my Tweets and blog posts to the SMOFs listserv, please feel free to forward this one as well. Thanks!

August 31, 2013 /

Two Libriomancer Giveaways

Tor.com is giving away 10 copies of Libriomancer [Amazon | B&N | Mysterious Galaxy]. All you have to do is comment to enter. They’ll be picking the winners after 12:00 (Eastern Time) on September 3.

Why? Because Tor.com is just awesome that way.

(And can I just say thank you to everyone who said such nice things about me and the book in the comments? Skimming through those was a wonderful way to start the weekend.)

The Tor.com giveaway is limited to the U.S. and Canada. Having paid for overseas shipping on books before, I can totally understand this. Often the postage is significantly more expensive than the book itself, which is frustrating.

But I also know some people have been disappointed at not being able to enter. Which is why I’m putting an 11th copy of the book up for grabs. Leave a comment to enter, and I’ll draw a winner at random some time after lunch on September 3.

There’s one rule. Only people who live outside of the U.S. and Canada are eligible to enter 🙂

ETA: Congrats to jessikast, chosen by the Oracle of Random Numberness to receive a signed copy of Libriomancer! My thanks to everyone who entered, and thanks again to Tor.com for their giveaway.

August 30, 2013 /

Podcast Fiction: Ahmed and Bear

I’ve had a harder time lately making time to read for pleasure. It’s something I usually try to do before bed, but between working double-time on the book and the kids staying up later, this hasn’t been working out as well. Then, after listening to Alethea Kontis’ Enchanted on the drive to and from GenCon, it occurred to me that I could at least squeeze some audio fiction into my 15-minute commute to and from the day job.

This is how I ended up on PodCastle and Escape Pod, searching for stories to listen to.

I started out with Saladin Ahmed‘s “Doctor Diablo Goes Through the Motions,” a short first-person superhero piece. At 14 minutes in length, it felt like flash fiction, though I don’t know the exact word count. More snapshot/commentary than full-length story, it contained a number of good, Ahmed-style observations about race, prison culture, and superhero tropes. Poor Doctor Diablo…

Next up was “The Tricks of London,” by Elizabeth Bear. PodCastle describes this as a “Giant Episode,” coming in at 79 minutes. The story is set in Bear’s New Amsterdam world, and features Detective Crown Investigator Abigail Irene Garrett, a forensic sorcerer and the only woman in the late nineteenth century Enchancery. (April 1879, to be exact.)

The story is told from the point of view of Detective Sergeant Sean Cuan, and describes their investigation into a supernatural serial killer.

Let me put it this way. I now need to read all of Bear’s New Amsterdam stuff.

The plot itself isn’t overly twisty, but the details she provides reminded me that Bear has a lot of practice writing this kind of fiction (see Shadow Unit), not to mention being a fan of Criminal Minds 🙂 )

It’s the characterization and the language that really drew me in, though. While this story does fall into the “only one active female surrounded by male characters” category, it’s a deliberate historical choice, and handled quite well. I like Garrett a lot, and enjoyed her developing quasi-mentoring/friendship with Cuan. And Bear’s description is vivid and evocative. She chooses each word carefully, and it shows.

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Have you read or listened to either of these stories? If so, what did you think? And what other sites would you recommend for someone starting to get into podcast fiction?

August 28, 2013 /

Codex Born Discussion Post

This is the official discussion post for Codex Born [Amazon | B&N | Mysterious Galaxy] for anyone who wants to chat about the book or ask questions. I may or may not answer all questions, depending on whether or not it would spoil things for future books (or, you know, if I just don’t know the answer yet).

Obviously, there will probably be spoilers in the comments.

My thanks once again to everyone who picked up the book, and especially to those of you who’ve posted reviews or shared the series with others.

August 27, 2013 /

SF/F’s “Colorblindness” and “Genderblindness” in a Single Photo

From time to time, I get a sudden flurry of comments or emails or Tweets (or all of the above) that let me know someone has stumbled onto an old blog post or comment I made, and has decided to tell their friends how Wrong I am about … well, whatever they think I was talking about.

In this case, it’s a comment I made on Twitter two weeks ago, after coming across a photo taken by Kevin Standlee. The pic was captioned as “The annual gathering of past, current, and future Worldcon chairs held at Chicon 7, 2012.”

It’s a wonderful picture, and it’s amazing to think of the history gathered together in that room. But as soon as I looked at it, I was struck by the following thought:

I hear people talk about how welcoming fandom is, how the SF/F community accepts everyone, and then I look at this snapshot of our history, and I’m struck by how overwhelmingly white it is, and how the men significantly outnumber the women.

As I said in my very next Tweet, I have nothing but respect and gratitude for the men and women who’ve volunteered to do a tremendous amount of work putting these conventions together. Yet I look at that picture, and … damn, you know?

From the sudden influx of outrage, I’m guessing someone stumbled onto my comment about 48 hours ago, and was Very Upset. Most Upset Indeed!

I’ve broken the incoming unhappiness into four categories, with my thoughts on each.

1. “What about your Best Fan Writer Hugo award that you TOTALLY STOLE with your campaigning, making that category even whiter and manlier than it was before, huh???”

I paraphrased slightly, but that’s basically the first email I saw in my inbox when I got up yesterday morning. I believe the appropriate Internet-style response is, U MAD, BRO? 😉

(ETA: Which is not to say that the lack of diversity in the Best Fan Writer category is not a problem. It is, as I’ve talked about before.)

2. “Maybe women and people of color just don’t want to be Worldcon chairs.”

Similarly, another person talked about how PoC have more important things to worry about, and talked about the “logistics,” emphasizing that running a Worldcon required a lot of time and money.

Um … okay. Do I need to spell out the underlying assumptions about time and money here, or the racism that walks hand in hand with them?

This is also a variant of an argument we’ve heard again and again. “We’d publish more SF by women if more women would bother to submit.” “We’d love to have more non-white panelists, but they just don’t come to the convention.” “If people want to make the genre more diverse, then those people need to stop waiting for someone else to do the work; they should jump in and get involved and make it happen.”

While I’m sure this isn’t what people intend, what I hear in these arguments is that we’ve created a community that isn’t particularly welcoming to nonwhite and nonmale fans and readers and authors.[1. See also, “Fake Geek Girls,” whitewashed cover art, sexist cover poses, the disproportionate number of white, male authors who get reviewed, and a whole host of other statistics and examples.] But working to change that community would be uncomfortable, so we’re not going to do it. We’re already here. Why should we care about making you feel welcome?

You say “those people” don’t want to be a part of this community. I ask why someone would put their time and effort and money and sweat into a community that doesn’t want them.

3. “You don’t understand how Worldcons work!”

Not as well as someone who’s actually run one, no. It would be arrogant as hell for me to claim otherwise.

I do know the cons are run by volunteers. That different groups bid to host them, meaning there is no unified, unchanging Worldcon Committee. I know they’re a hell of a lot of hard work. I know the World Science Fiction Society constitution, rules, and meeting minutes are posted here, and go into a lot more detail about the rules of Worldcon and the Hugos.

I’ll happily admit that I haven’t read every page of those rules, and there are certainly people who know more about how Worldcons work. But then, I wasn’t commenting on the process. I was commenting on the results.

4. “Nobody is telling women and PoC that they can’t run Worldcon or attend conventions or be part of fandom, so your charges of sexism and racism are unfair and spurious.”

This is a very narrow understanding of what racism and sexism are about. It comes up a lot, the idea that real racism and sexism has to be explicit and intentional and blatant. Making blacks sit at the back of the bus is racist. Refusing to let women vote is sexist. But nobody’s saying or doing those things, so we’re not sexist or racist! Yay, us!

You’re right, I’m not personally aware of any recent examples of people explicitly refusing to let women and PoC participate in the convention-planning and conrunning process. [2. I’m not saying it doesn’t or hasn’t happened; only that I’m not aware.]

But there are an awful lot of ways to discriminate against people without being obvious about it. There are ways to hurt people without intending to do so, or even realizing you’ve hurt them. You can tell someone they aren’t welcome here without ever saying a harsh word.

If you’re not the one being hurt, it’s easy to miss it. If you’re not the one being made to feel unwelcome, you may not realize it’s happening at all. But if you only recognize two states of existence, Blatant Racism/Sexism vs. Everything’s Just Fine And Dandy, with nothing in between, then you’re not listening to the voices of a lot of people you’re claiming are welcome in our community. And your refusal to listen is perpetuating the problem.

That’s what colorblindness and genderblindness look like in this context. It doesn’t mean everyone is equally welcome in our community, because they’re not. It means looking at a photograph dominated by white men, and refusing to see anything problematic in our history. It means twisting one rhetorical knot after another to try to justify why this isn’t a real problem, or if it is, it’s not our problem.

It is our problem. It’s my problem and yours. And it’s a problem we’re never going to solve if we can’t get past this knee-jerk defensiveness at the mere suggestion that our community might not be perfect.

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August 25, 2013 /

Enchanted, by Alethea Kontis

I have an autographed copy of Alethea Kontis‘ book Enchanted [Amazon | B&N | Mysterious Galaxy]. Why? Because I’m just that lucky, that’s why! The problem is that most of my pleasure reading has taken a back seat to research and work on the books I need to write, so I haven’t been able to actually read it. And then Alethea posted about the audio book of Enchanted being available, and I snatched it up. The timing was perfect, giving me something to listen to on the way to and from GenCon.

Here’s the official synopsis:

It isn’t easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday’s only comfort is writing stories, although what she writes has a terrible tendency to come true.

When Sunday meets an enchanted frog who asks about her stories, the two become friends. Soon that friendship deepens into something magical. One night Sunday kisses her frog goodbye and leaves, not realizing that her love has transformed him back into Rumbold, the crown prince of Arilland—and a man Sunday’s family despises.

The prince returns to his castle, intent on making Sunday fall in love with him as the man he is, not the frog he was. But Sunday is not so easy to woo. How can she feel such a strange, strong attraction for this prince she barely knows? And what twisted secrets lie hidden in his past—and hers?

There’s a lot I liked about this story. Kontis blends elements from many different fairy tales into a new story. You’ve got pieces from Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe, The Princess and The Frog, and more. But Enchanted isn’t a fairy tale retelling. It’s its own story, one that could imaginably evolve into those familiar tales over generations.

Sunday Woodcutter and Prince Rumbold are the two main characters, both engaging and sympathetic, but the broader cast of characters was delightful as well. The Woodcutter sisters are great, each one strong and interesting, with her own voice and backstory. Trix, the Woodcutters’ changeling son, was just plain fun. Rumbold’s companions were equally engaging, and part of the book’s fun was simply watching these wonderful characters interact with one another.

The size of the cast meant I had a little trouble trying to keep track of everything on occasion, but it wasn’t a major problem. There were pieces of the story that felt like Kontis was trying a little too hard to make the different stories and backstories fit together. But again, this was just a minor bump, and nothing that threw me out of the story.

One of the best parts of the story is how well Kontis captures the feel of fairy tales, the dangers and the heroics and the characters who are simultaneously larger-than-life and also very human.

I also have to say that Katherine Kellgren did a marvelous job as the reader for the audio book.

Book two of the Woodcutter family’s story, Hero [Amazon | B&N | Mysterious Galaxy], comes out on October 1, and tells the story of Sunday’s axe-wielding sister Saturday. I’m looking forward to it. And it looks like a third book, Beloved, will be coming out in October of next year.

If you enjoy fairy tale mash-ups with wonderful female characters and action and romance and more, I definitely recommend you check this one out.

You can read an excerpt of Enchanted at Bookbrowse.

August 23, 2013 /

Gender and Pronouns and NPR

ETA: “On Friday, NPR’s Managing Editor for Standards and Practice Stu Seidel issued new guidance, saying that NPR’s “thinking has evolved” and that the network will honor Manning’s preferences.”

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From an article in the New York Times:

…the lawyer for Pfc. Bradley Manning told the “Today” show that his client would like to be considered a woman and referred to as Chelsea.

With that, the debate over how to refer to Private Manning exploded in newsrooms, comments, blogs and Twitter.

I’m sorry, but what is there to debate? My legal name is James, but I prefer to be called Jim. I don’t recall needing other people’s approval for that, and I definitely don’t remember anyone, anywhere ever needing to debate whether or not it was appropriate to call me by my chosen name. Nor has anyone ever demanded I drop my pants before they would acknowledge me as male.

It gets worse. A spokewoman from NPR weighed in on this “debate”:

National Public Radio will continue for now to refer to Private Manning as “he,” according to a spokeswoman, Anna Bross. “Until Bradley Manning’s desire to have his gender changed actually physically happens, we will be using male-related pronouns to identify him,” she said.

Not only is NPR deliberately refusing to respect Manning’s wishes, they’re also explicitly linking gender identity to physical sexual characteristics. Sorry, but neither sex nor gender identity are that simplistic. (See here for an article on Germany’s new law which will legally acknowledge and recognize intersex children, along with some examples and statistics about sex and gender.)

If you’re worried about confusing your readers, you open with a sentence stating that Pfc. Manning has asked to be referred to as female, and with the name “Chelsea,” and you continue from there. But NPR was apparently more concerned with policing Manning’s genitals.

Unfortunately, this is also one of those stories that’s easy to dismiss if it’s not something that affects you personally. It’s easy in part because our culture works awfully damned hard to erase people like Chelsea Manning from our stories and our awareness, in part by refusing to respect their right to be called by the names and pronouns they choose.

When was the last time you saw or heard about a transgendered character on mainstream television? Oh sure, they’re used as the butt of transphobic jokes all the time, but that’s it. (See pretty much every sitcom ever for jokes about the horror of a guy starting to hook up with a woman who turns out to be — gasp — another guy! Yay, let’s all laugh at the intersection of transphobia and homophobia!)

On the same day that NPR’s spokeswoman released this ridiculous statement, one of the panelists on the Diane Rehm show (also broadcast on NPR) joked about how we shouldn’t trust military secrets to a guy who wears lipstick.

Bite me.

Look, I get that if you’ve grown up with a simplistic binary view of gender, it can be both difficult and uncomfortable to move beyond those narrow, exclusive definitions. When a friend of mine asked to be called Rachel instead of Rich many years back, I screwed up sometimes. I used the wrong pronouns. I used “Rich” sometimes out of habit.

It happens. You apologize, and you try harder. These days, trying to think of Rachel as “Rich” feels utterly wrong and bizarre.

But blatantly refusing people the respect and dignity of referring to them by their chosen names? Refusing to acknowledge someone’s identity because of what they may or may not have between their legs? That’s just dickish.

It’s also harmful.

As a society, we erase transgendered people. We treat them as jokes. We pretend they don’t exist, or if they do, they’re simply damaged, deviant, and broken. We don’t accept them as fully human. And we lash out verbally, emotionally, and physically against them.

NPR contributed to that dehumanization today. They contributed to the fear and hatred and violence that goes with it.

For future reference, here’s how the conversation about someone’s preferred identity should go:

  • Person A: “Hey, I prefer to be called by this name and pronoun.”
  • Person B: “Okay.”

It really isn’t that difficult, people.

ETA: NPR has a contact form for anyone wishing to write to their ombudsman about this. Thank you icecreamempress for that link!

August 22, 2013 /

Libriomancy in the UK and a Westland, MI Appearance

Today is the release day for the UK edition of Libriomancer!

  • Amazon UK: Paperback, E-book
  • Waterstones: Paperback, E-book

This is my first UK release, and I’m thrilled with everything Del Rey UK has done, particularly the gorgeous cover.

For those of you who might have been running into territorial issues, this also means you should be able to get the e-book edition in UK territories now.

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Tonight I’ll be at the Westland Public Library in Westland, Michigan. From 7 – 8 p.m., I’ll be talking about sexism and SF/F cover art. Assuming no technical glitches, there will be pictures. And almost certainly poses as well. So if you’re in the area, stop by and say hello!

August 21, 2013 /

Publishing News: Two More Victims of the Straight Agenda

From the Salt Lake Tribune, Cedar Fort Publishing apparently cancelled the release of Woven, a YA fantasy novel by David Powers King and Michael Jensen, because Jensen refused to remove a reference to his boyfriend in his author bio. Cedar Fort is a “predominantly LDS” publisher, but Jensen says he was told his book would not have to conform to strict LDS standards.

Jensen says he was surprised there was a problem because he had submitted the biography five months earlier. He and King discussed their options.

“I was speechless,” says King, who unlike Jensen is a practicing Mormon. “My first reaction was, ‘Is this really happening?’ We decided, what good was it … to omit truths and not be honest with ourselves?”

The article says Cedar Fort has declined to comment on the story. I checked their Facebook page, Twitter account, and blog, and found nothing about King and Jensen.

Does Cedar Fort have the right to kill a book because the author refuses to hide his sexuality? I obviously haven’t seen the contract, but I suspect they do. Utah is one of many states with no employment discrimination laws protecting LGBT employees.

While it pisses me off and makes me said, I’m not overly shocked at a primarily religious publisher pulling a book over something like this. Though it sounds like they were aware of Jensen’s sexuality all along, so I have no clue why they waited until the last minute to pull the plug.

But I find myself wondering, for every publisher, editor, and agent who explicitly rejects someone for their sexual orientation, how many others are doing the same thing without saying why?

I’ve never had to worry about mentioning my family in my author bios, or thanking my wife in the acknowledgements of one of my books. My guess is that most straight authors never give it a second thought.

When people talk about continuing the fight for inclusiveness, diversity, and acceptance in publishing? This is what we’re talking about. It’s one more example of people’s prejudices and bigotry hurting the publishing world. Sometimes it’s explicit. Other times it’s subtle and unstated.

(I loved GenCon, but I can’t help noticing how many all-male and/or all-white panels I was on this past weekend.)

Judging from the number of people I’ve seen talking about this story, my guess is that King and Jensen will come out of this with a better deal in the end, and good for them. But what about the rest of the authors who get pushed aside and kicked down and overlooked because they have the wrong color skin, love the wrong people, or identify as the wrong gender? In many cases, I doubt it’s conscious or deliberate discrimination, but intent doesn’t change the end result.

We’ve got a lot of work left to do…

August 20, 2013 /

Back from GenCon

I’m home from Gen Con, and working on catching up with everything. The convention was an absolute blast. Most of my time was spent on the Writers Symposium, signing books in Authors Alley, and hanging out with truly excellent people.

Huge thanks to Marc Tassin, who organized the Writers Symposium and did (in my opinion) a tremendous job of it. Thanks also to Don and Molly for all of their work both helping to run the programs and for making sure Marc occasionally stopped to eat or sleep.

There were many Moments of Awesomeness, far too many to list here. But I’m going to share a few highlights.

  • Almost a decade after he gave me a most excellent blurb for Goblin Quest, I finally got to meet Wil Wheaton in person. We only chatted for a minute or so, but it was long enough for me to say thanks, and to joke around a little before he went on his way.
  • I was on a panel with Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon, and had a blast. Even if Larry kept rubbing my head for luck 😉 They were both wonderfully warm and friendly people.
  • On Saturday, Paul Genesse put together a pizza party dinner thing, which I shamelessly crashed. This was a high point of the convention. I laughed harder than I have in ages, thanks to folks like Mary Robinette Kowal, Scott Lynch, Douglas Warrick, Danielle Friedman, Monica Valentinelli, and more.
  • I went True Dungeoning! Pat Rothfuss had organized a True Dungeon event for Worldbuilders, and invited me to participate. It was much fun. Though as a newbie, I was a bit lost in the beginning. I ended up being the rogue, solved my three puzzle boxes, and totally looted the corpses of John Scalzi and Pat Rothfuss!

GenCon is a big event, with probably close to 50,000 people this year. This was only my second time attending, and I definitely needed to retreat to the hotel room from time to time to recharge. But this also means there were a lot of people I don’t see very often, or hadn’t yet met in person, and that was the absolute best part of the weekend.

I posted a few more pics on Facebook.

I’m slowly getting to various emails and other work that piled up over the weekend. Not to mention catching up on sleep. But I got to hang out with amazing people, sold 40+ books over in Authors Alley, and generally had an absolute blast.

Totally worth it.

My thanks to everyone who helped to make this weekend so much fun.

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