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In an interview last week with author Anna Silver, she explains that her young adult urban fantasy novel, Otherborn, was partially inspired by what she'd read about real people who call themselves otherkin. In the interview, Silver said,
Apparently, Silver's fantasy novel uses the word "otherborn" instead. That's fine, because it's about a different supernatural concept than otherkin anyway. It's the first book of the "otherborn" series, and her next book is already in progress.
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Cherri Northcutt, "Interview with author Anna Silver." 2013-04-11. Examiner. http://www.examiner.com/article/interview-with-author-anna-silver
In an interview last week with author Anna Silver, she explains that her young adult urban fantasy novel, Otherborn, was partially inspired by what she'd read about real people who call themselves otherkin. In the interview, Silver said,
"Two things came together to inspire OTHERBORN. First, I read about the Otherkin subculture, people who relate more closely to being nonhuman than human. These people believe they were or are actually nonhuman beings, i.e. fae, vampires, elves, animals, etc. Some express having vivid memories of past lives as these different beings. It just seemed like a great character idea. The second was my research on dreaming."
Apparently, Silver's fantasy novel uses the word "otherborn" instead. That's fine, because it's about a different supernatural concept than otherkin anyway. It's the first book of the "otherborn" series, and her next book is already in progress.
Cherri Northcutt, "Interview with author Anna Silver." 2013-04-11. Examiner. http://www.examiner.com/article/interview-with-author-anna-silver
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Date: 2013-04-19 06:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-04-22 12:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-04-19 08:22 pm (UTC)Otherkin are pretty much out of luck with this. There's plenty of novels that use therian or Otherkin. Hell, Pokemon uses 'therian form' to name the forms of three Pokemon. If anyone ever gets works up about mundanes taking 'our words', we need to remember we have absolutely no claims to them whatsoever.
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Date: 2013-04-21 09:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-04-22 12:09 am (UTC)Makes it kind of semantically awkward to say "My friend isn't a therian," though, if one thinks about it according to that taxonomy. Heh.