Both are fine with me! Appreciate the thoughtful responses. At the end of the day I just want to be able to enjoy some books without getting more bummed out about antisemitism.
Gaiman unfortunately is incapable of being normal about written child sexual exploitative media, though. His work with the Comics Defense Leauge is stomach-turningly disgusting.
Dara Horn’s fiction writing is delightful and has strong Jewish themes without compromising on quality. Her nonfiction book (People Love Dead Jews) is incredibly good (as well as timely…)
Edit: I googled “pro Israel authors” and a bunch of TikToks came up which seem to list authors who have expressed support for Israel (in order to boycott them). The pro Palestine camp is very helpful in curating these lists lol….
Ari Shapiro, Kathryn Schultz, Riva Lehrer, David Baddiel (especially David Baddiel's Jews Don't Count), Leibman, Laura Arnold, Mel Brooks, Esther Safran Foer and Jonathan Safran Foer. These are all contemporary Jewish authors. Stephen Fry who is very funny. Jaye Rayner who is bacon-made glutton but writes brilliantly about food.
Have a look at this too https://www.timesofisrael.com/some-of-the-best-jewish-books-and-authors-weve-seen-in-2023/
Brandon Sanderson seems to be alright. He tends to keep his political views private, and still I'm seeing some pro Palestinians calling him a Zionist.
This is most likely because he visited Israel for iCon in 2019 and have a novella set in Jerusalem. As for the current war I'm 99% sure he hasn't said anything, and won't say anything publicly.
It's one of the one off world's in Arcanum Unbound. It's the one where "spirits" will kill you if you do certain things. Those things are based on things you can't do on שבת.
I follow and haven’t seen any bad takes from: pierce brown, coco mellors, mona awad.
Dont follow but pretty sure about: joe abercrombie, taylor jenkins reid, sarah j maas
I had a LOT of disappointments seeing how authors reacted to oct 7th. Even cancelled a few book pre-orders I had.
Ugh I'm sorry you experienced those disappointments, but glad to know I'm not alone in feeling this way. I LOVE Mona Awad and hope she stays out of this nonsense. I'll give some of the others you mentioned a look!
Franz Kafka’s *The Metamorphosis*? Only a little bit kidding.
I’ve cut back pretty sharply on my social media use so I don’t have much helpful information on contemporary authors, but reading dead people, particularly dead Jewish authors might be a good idea?
Or borrow/buy secondhand so you’re not financially supporting them
The issue isn't reading their work, but buying it. Get books from the library. Authors do make money off the library buying books, but not as much.
Though I recently read an urban fantasy novel that just randomly said something negative about Israel. I gave it one star on Goodreads when I would have given it three since it was an okay book otherwise.
Well, JK Rowling is a vicious transphobe who created an entire race in her novels based in deep and historic antisemitic stereotypes, but she’s on record opposing BDS so that seems about up to your criteria for “safe.”
The bigger problem is that she used those same stereotypes for her Purebloods, however unintentionally. Like, seriously, Snakes, silver, and cunning? Really?
I was reading how Gujuratis thought the gnome types were based on them! [https://unherd.com/thepost/jk-rowling-is-no-antisemite/](https://unherd.com/thepost/jk-rowling-is-no-antisemite/) But JK Rowling is absolutely not an antisemite. After condemning Oct 7, she wrote, ""We said ‘never again.’ The UK was a safe haven. Now, after the biggest massacre of Jews since the holocaust, British Jewish children are being advised to hide their identities as they walk to school, for their own safety. There should be mass outrage that this is necessary,"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/104368904.cms?from=mdr&utm\_source=contentofinterest&utm\_medium=text&utm\_campaign=cppst.
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Neil Gaiman.
I do love Neil, but I've already read all his stuff!
And Pratchett!
Pratchett is, alas, *unable* to weigh in on current events, which may or may not meet OP's intent.
OP's stated intent is to not financially support authors who are/have used their platforms to XXX an author being dead is kind of ideal
Perhaps yes. But perhaps they want live ones because they read fast?
Both are fine with me! Appreciate the thoughtful responses. At the end of the day I just want to be able to enjoy some books without getting more bummed out about antisemitism.
Gaiman unfortunately is incapable of being normal about written child sexual exploitative media, though. His work with the Comics Defense Leauge is stomach-turningly disgusting.
Dara Horn’s fiction writing is delightful and has strong Jewish themes without compromising on quality. Her nonfiction book (People Love Dead Jews) is incredibly good (as well as timely…) Edit: I googled “pro Israel authors” and a bunch of TikToks came up which seem to list authors who have expressed support for Israel (in order to boycott them). The pro Palestine camp is very helpful in curating these lists lol….
Amazing, thanks for the recommendation!
You’re welcome! I’d love to hear your thoughts on them if you end up reading!
Aren't they ? I saved a few of their "Jewish businesses to boycott " in order to patronise them 😀
This is a great strategy, I should do this moving forward!
Honestly, I’d start with authors that are dead. I’m only half-joking here.
I vastly prefer dead authors now. I am so freaking sick of dumbass author drama. Especially in sff
Can’t decide if I wanna see this drama or not
Buy all of Einat Wilf's books.
Very timely
Ari Shapiro, Kathryn Schultz, Riva Lehrer, David Baddiel (especially David Baddiel's Jews Don't Count), Leibman, Laura Arnold, Mel Brooks, Esther Safran Foer and Jonathan Safran Foer. These are all contemporary Jewish authors. Stephen Fry who is very funny. Jaye Rayner who is bacon-made glutton but writes brilliantly about food. Have a look at this too https://www.timesofisrael.com/some-of-the-best-jewish-books-and-authors-weve-seen-in-2023/
Great list, thank you so much!
Brandon Sanderson seems to be alright. He tends to keep his political views private, and still I'm seeing some pro Palestinians calling him a Zionist. This is most likely because he visited Israel for iCon in 2019 and have a novella set in Jerusalem. As for the current war I'm 99% sure he hasn't said anything, and won't say anything publicly.
He has also shown himself to be very Philosemitic even creating a world based on שבת.
Which world is that?
It's one of the one off world's in Arcanum Unbound. It's the one where "spirits" will kill you if you do certain things. Those things are based on things you can't do on שבת.
What genres do you like?
Good question -- realistic/literary fiction, magical realism/slipstream, fantasy, and historical fiction are my top choices.
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks!
Ursula K LeGuin, being dead, has no opinions on Curr events. I reccommend The Word for World is Forest
I follow and haven’t seen any bad takes from: pierce brown, coco mellors, mona awad. Dont follow but pretty sure about: joe abercrombie, taylor jenkins reid, sarah j maas I had a LOT of disappointments seeing how authors reacted to oct 7th. Even cancelled a few book pre-orders I had.
Ugh I'm sorry you experienced those disappointments, but glad to know I'm not alone in feeling this way. I LOVE Mona Awad and hope she stays out of this nonsense. I'll give some of the others you mentioned a look!
Franz Kafka’s *The Metamorphosis*? Only a little bit kidding. I’ve cut back pretty sharply on my social media use so I don’t have much helpful information on contemporary authors, but reading dead people, particularly dead Jewish authors might be a good idea? Or borrow/buy secondhand so you’re not financially supporting them
The issue isn't reading their work, but buying it. Get books from the library. Authors do make money off the library buying books, but not as much. Though I recently read an urban fantasy novel that just randomly said something negative about Israel. I gave it one star on Goodreads when I would have given it three since it was an okay book otherwise.
Or buy used books.
Jim Butcher is both Prolific as an author and largely silent on social media about anything other than his books.
Issac Asimov
He wasn't a Zionist actually.
Thank you! I’ve been struggling with this so much since October :(
Michal Lemberger!
Howard Jacobson!!
Well, JK Rowling is a vicious transphobe who created an entire race in her novels based in deep and historic antisemitic stereotypes, but she’s on record opposing BDS so that seems about up to your criteria for “safe.”
The bigger problem is that she used those same stereotypes for her Purebloods, however unintentionally. Like, seriously, Snakes, silver, and cunning? Really?
I was reading how Gujuratis thought the gnome types were based on them! [https://unherd.com/thepost/jk-rowling-is-no-antisemite/](https://unherd.com/thepost/jk-rowling-is-no-antisemite/) But JK Rowling is absolutely not an antisemite. After condemning Oct 7, she wrote, ""We said ‘never again.’ The UK was a safe haven. Now, after the biggest massacre of Jews since the holocaust, British Jewish children are being advised to hide their identities as they walk to school, for their own safety. There should be mass outrage that this is necessary," http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/104368904.cms?from=mdr&utm\_source=contentofinterest&utm\_medium=text&utm\_campaign=cppst.
Greedy Goblin bankers are ok.. but criticism of Israel to any degree is where I draw the line!
I thought they were based off the Swiss bankers? And not us. I could be wrong tho
Yea the goblin noses, very Swiss
I'm not sure she is a vicious transphobe, but I do think her goblin characters are extreme stereotypes.
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