Wow, sweet! I actually have one that I'd already started working out.
Except... it's about Purim, rather than Hanukkah, and... I'm not sure how well I'd do at straight-type romance, not having had much experience at it myself.
But it's something to think about, neh? Thanks for posting this.
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Well, it certainly qualifies as "Jewish-based magic," and the author did her research. There are indeed people who believe in all that stuff.
But the rabbi was right -- they're mere superstitions, and not real kaballah. Not that it's always so easy to tell the difference.
*shudder* Not my kind of story. It reminds me of the kind of I.B.Singer stories I don't like. (I like his realistic stuff, but not his creepy stuff.)
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quote:Originally posted by rivka: "Judaism-based magic"? *winces* They're going to end up publishing some kabbalah thing, aren't they? >_<
Worse. They'll probably wind up with something Red Tent-y. Unless they get a submission that's good enough that's respectful of Judaism.
Tor published Lord of the Two Lands and Throne of Isis, both by Judith Tarr. Both are fantasy-romance-historicals, only based in Egypt and with Egyptian magic. From the way she described what she wants, it's basically a Jewish version of those.
I have to finish the thing I'm working on now (or Havah is going to kill me), but then I'm going to give this a try. I think I can put enough kabbalah-type stuff in to satisfy her, and do it in a way that won't be offensive from a frum POV. Maybe.
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Jachid and Jachidah? I actually liked that one.
There's a book called New Altars, which is a collection of religious/spiritual science fiction. There's a story in there that involves a guy programming the Etz Hayim into a computer. He winds up meeting King David. It's kind of weird, but also kind of cool.
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I don't remember the name of the story, but in Asimov's a while back they had an AI-coming-of-age story. The computer comes to self-awareness, and immediately holds the world's electrical systems hostage while she converses with a rabbi, and tries to convert to Judaism.
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I find pretty much anything Ellison writes about Jews or Judaism to be incredibly embarrassing. I love Ellison's writing other than that. Even (maybe especially) the autobiographical rants he uses to introduce his stories.
He had a story in Wandering Stars (the first anthology of Jewish science fiction), which I think also contained that "Jachid and Jachidah" story by Singer. Ellison's was... I think "Looking for Kadak". It had aliens who shtupped by sticking their fingers into belly buttons. Not kidding. I couldn't make stuff like that up.
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There are a good deal more besides Ela and Jonathan Howard, starLisa. I was just being jabbed at by rivka.
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