[Buddha-l] A Change of Pace

[Steven Rhodes]

Dear Denizens of Buddha-L,

For those of you wishing for a break from poring over your Madhyamaka 
texts, Snow Lion Publications offers you a change of pace with the 
publication of a novel of Tibet (involving the first female Dalai Lama):

SHE STILL LIVES
by Bill Magee

Here is the review from Shambhala Sun:

"She Still Lives is a welcome supplement--a sweetmeat, perhaps--to the
regular diet of serious Buddhist books from Snow Lion.  Tibetan
Studies scholar Bill Magee's short, readable work of speculative
fiction imagines 22nd-century Tibet.  While the cultural and physical
landscape are familiar (the story follows the protagonist Mila Lakpa,
a rebel who supports his religious leader in the struggle against
Chinese Communist rule), Magee throws in a few twists that make the
imaginative exercise worthwhile, including a female Dalai Lama.  She
Still Lives has a little bit for every reader:  adventure, sex,
body-swapping--even genetically enhanced dogs.  And those who like a
little bit of Buddhism with their fiction will appreciate the
characters' discussion of karma and nonviolence."

Best wishes,

Steve

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