Fun Fact #9 about Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!
There are two more sleeps until the official release date of Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space! This is the first book in my new disability hopepunk space opera series! Learn more about it on the book description page!
As I count down, I thought it would be fun to share one fact a day about the book and my journey writing it!
FUN FACT NUMBER NINE:
Cait Gordon
What’s a disability-hopepunk space opera without ableist adversaries? The Piranha Pirate Brigade are the baddies who despise “weakness.” The top pirates even kicked out their own sibling. (Was that ever a mistake. You’ll find out all about that in “Episode 6: That’s Admiral-able of You.”)
I sometimes feel surrounded by ableism in our society, hence the “being attacked by a school,” like a piranha school. These pirates are bullies who need to be taught a lesson or two.
Especially about what happens when people live in an accepting community that cares about their accommodation needs.
Outwitting ableists is kinda *chef’s kiss* for me, to be honest. It’s not that difficult when people are constantly underestimating us…
The official release date is September 15, but you can pre-order the paperback today from many booksellers (and ask indie bookshops near you) and pre-order the paperback and ebook right from Renaissance, my publisher!
Cait Gordon is an autistic, disabled, and queer Canadian writer of speculative fiction that celebrates diversity. She is the author of Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space (2023). Cait also founded the Spoonie Authors Network and joined Talia C. Johnson to co-edit the multi-genre, disability fiction anthologies Nothing Without Us (a 2020 Prix Aurora Award finalist) and Nothing Without Us Too (a 2023 Prix Aurora Award winner).
