Jeroun, take two

I finished Jeroun a few days ago and wasn’t satisfied with the ending. It seemed disjointed, going from a battle scene to people who had no connection. Why didn’t the woman want to know about her daughter? Who were the dark and lighter men?

I read it again today and was amazed at my previous lack of connection. I’ve been under the weather with a cold and my outlook challenged. Outlook is everything, as Vedas learned.

The Goddess (not God) and her partner made sure that Jeroun was not destroyed. She incarnated as a small girl, who loved her mother; while her partner incarnated as Berun. Their love is deep. From another planet they came and would ensure their people survived. The two men, father and son. had done evil things.

Adrash and Shavrim? Adrash and Sradir? Both loved Adrash.

In the end, love is all, and compassion freely given. People are both good and bad and there ‘s nothing new under the sun. Whatever we do, it comes back to this.

Love is all.

Jeroun, by Zachary Jernigan

Rocky Mountain stream

I’m almost halfway through this book and loving it. The text is lyrical, the characterizations intense. The females are realistic. Good job getting women right! I like the compartmentalization in some of the characters’ minds. They love/love intensely, yet are resource rivals with opposing agendas. Like between Ebn and Pol and between Vedas, Churls, and Berun.

Berun is my favorite character. I can’t wait to see what he does.

Science Fiction for women?

The science fiction I’ve been reading is about warriors, machines, disease, battles, and dealing with cataclysmic disasters. It’s heavy on battles, light on women. Women are often depicted as sexual objects, or bitches. They are militarized, with no traditional feminine qualities.

It makes this genre unappealing to many women. It’s like how computer science started out as the province of women, and now only 13% of software programmers are female. The numbers haven’t changed much in 40 years.
Isn’t it time for a change?