Bill Humphries over on whump.com posted a message about the Carl Brandon Society needing some web development help. I think it’s a fine idea. I’d lend a hand myself, but the problem domain for what I’m now working on for BayCon and the problem domain for their needs doesn’t seem to overlap much at first glance — and, as we need to make a whole bunch of changes this year, I’m not sure I’ll have any extra time at all.

Nevertheless, I wanted to say it’s a laudable thing to do. There is still entirely too little sf/f published by (or about) people of color.

While I’m on the topic, I thought I’d utter a micro-rant about Andromeda — one of the reasons I really liked it in the first two seasons was how subversive it was. For example, Tyr, the black character, came from a genetically engineered race and sneered at the humans such as Dylan Hunt. I thought it was delightful role reversal.

The show was so remarkable, especially when it came to racial and sexual politics. Then, alas, the studio axed the lead creative people (including Majel Roddenberry, for crying out loud) and Tyr became a villain. The fifth season was so unimaginably awful that I couldn’t bear to be in the same room when an episode was on.

I just hope Robert Hewitt Wolfe gets another cool gig soon.