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  • (ReacTor) Five Vintage Works of SF From Women Writers

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 29 14:14:20 2024
    Five Vintage Works of SF From Women Writers

    Women have written science fiction for as long as the field has
    existed; here are five examples from days of yore...

    https://reactormag.com/five-vintage-works-of-sf-from-women-writers/
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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Apr 29 17:04:07 2024
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Robert Woodward <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <v0o9vs$771$[email protected]>,
    [email protected] (James Nicoll) wrote:

    Five Vintage Works of SF From Women Writers

    Women have written science fiction for as long as the field has
    existed; here are five examples from days of yore...

    https://reactormag.com/five-vintage-works-of-sf-from-women-writers/

    _The Diploids..._ is the only book I haven't read (but I know that I
    have read "The Snowball Effect").

    I have a suspicion I heard the X Minus One adaptation before I
    came across the story.
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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Apr 29 09:57:06 2024
    In article <v0o9vs$771$[email protected]>,
    [email protected] (James Nicoll) wrote:

    Five Vintage Works of SF From Women Writers

    Women have written science fiction for as long as the field has
    existed; here are five examples from days of yore...

    https://reactormag.com/five-vintage-works-of-sf-from-women-writers/

    _The Diploids..._ is the only book I haven't read (but I know that I
    have read "The Snowball Effect").

    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. �-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward [email protected]

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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Apr 29 19:42:36 2024
    In article <v0os9u$1u0ie$[email protected]>,
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 4/29/2024 9:14 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Vintage Works of SF From Women Writers

    Women have written science fiction for as long as the field has
    existed; here are five examples from days of yore...

    https://reactormag.com/five-vintage-works-of-sf-from-women-writers/

    Zero for five here.

    Why no Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley, or Joan D. Vinge ?


    In order, because I've mentioned Norton before, because MZB
    was a child molester, and because in the Canadian calendar, 1974
    (when Vinge debuted) is deemed to be after my cut-off date
    of 1961.
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    My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/
    My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
    My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

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  • From WolfFan@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Sat May 4 17:03:23 2024
    On Apr 29, 2024, James Nicoll wrote
    (in article <v0ot7c$eum$[email protected]>):

    In article<v0os9u$1u0ie$[email protected]>,
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 4/29/2024 9:14 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Vintage Works of SF From Women Writers

    Women have written science fiction for as long as the field has
    existed; here are five examples from days of yore...

    https://reactormag.com/five-vintage-works-of-sf-from-women-writers/

    Zero for five here.

    Why no Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley, or Joan D. Vinge ?

    In order, because I've mentioned Norton before, because MZB
    was a child molester,

    Hmm. is there a secoind source on this, or are all alegations from a single source after MZB was dead and unable to defend herself?
    and because in the Canadian calendar, 1974
    (when Vinge debuted) is deemed to be after my cut-off date
    of 1961.

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  • From John Savard@21:1/5 to Nicoll on Fri May 10 21:12:25 2024
    On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:14:20 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (James
    Nicoll) wrote:

    Five Vintage Works of SF From Women Writers

    Women have written science fiction for as long as the field has
    existed; here are five examples from days of yore...

    While I won't argue your decision not to include it among the five
    examples examined in depth, since you make such a claim, and there
    might be some who would ignorantly question it... I'm surprised you
    did not substantiate your claim with at least a passing mention of _Frankenstein; or, The Modern Promethius_ by Mary Wollstonecraft
    Shelley.

    John Savard

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  • From John Savard@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 10 21:20:32 2024
    On Fri, 10 May 2024 21:12:25 -0600, John Savard
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:14:20 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (James
    Nicoll) wrote:

    Five Vintage Works of SF From Women Writers

    Women have written science fiction for as long as the field has
    existed; here are five examples from days of yore...

    While I won't argue your decision not to include it among the five
    examples examined in depth, since you make such a claim, and there
    might be some who would ignorantly question it... I'm surprised you
    did not substantiate your claim with at least a passing mention of >_Frankenstein; or, The Modern Promethius_ by Mary Wollstonecraft
    Shelley.

    I am also suitably surprised that Wilmar H. Shiras' first name was not
    a pseudonym, and yet she was a woman. I would have thought that Wilmar
    was a man's name.

    And even if the story went in a very different direction, that does
    not mean that some ideas could not have been stolen from it in the
    making of the X-Men.

    John Savard

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun May 12 02:01:20 2024
    Cryptoengineer <[email protected]> wrote:
    John Savard <[email protected]d> wrote:

    While I won't argue your decision not to include it among the five
    examples examined in depth, since you make such a claim, and there
    might be some who would ignorantly question it... I'm surprised you
    did not substantiate your claim with at least a passing mention of
    _Frankenstein; or, The Modern Promethius_ by Mary Wollstonecraft
    Shelley.

    Go back and read footnote 1.

    Footnote 1, hmm? Isn't that the one which involves the resurrection of
    the dead?
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to Scott Dorsey on Sun May 12 02:23:22 2024
    In article <v1p7tg$m2j$[email protected]>,
    Scott Dorsey <[email protected]> wrote:
    Cryptoengineer <[email protected]> wrote:
    John Savard <[email protected]d> wrote:

    While I won't argue your decision not to include it among the five
    examples examined in depth, since you make such a claim, and there
    might be some who would ignorantly question it... I'm surprised you
    did not substantiate your claim with at least a passing mention of
    _Frankenstein; or, The Modern Promethius_ by Mary Wollstonecraft
    Shelley.

    Go back and read footnote 1.

    Footnote 1, hmm? Isn't that the one which involves the resurrection of
    the dead?

    I think that's footnote 9.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From WolfFan@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 17 10:54:58 2024
    On May 4, 2024, WolfFan wrote
    (in article<[email protected]>):

    On Apr 29, 2024, James Nicoll wrote
    (in article <v0ot7c$eum$[email protected]>):

    In article<v0os9u$1u0ie$[email protected]>,
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 4/29/2024 9:14 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Vintage Works of SF From Women Writers

    Women have written science fiction for as long as the field has existed; here are five examples from days of yore...

    https://reactormag.com/five-vintage-works-of-sf-from-women-writers/

    Zero for five here.

    Why no Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley, or Joan D. Vinge ?

    In order, because I've mentioned Norton before, because MZB
    was a child molester,

    Hmm. is there a secoind source on this, or are all alegations from a single source after MZB was dead and unable to defend herself?

    I will take the lack of response to indicate that no, there isn’t a second source, and yes that single source waited until MZB was dead before speaking.
    I will therefore evaluate those allegations accordingly.

    and because in the Canadian calendar, 1974
    (when Vinge debuted) is deemed to be after my cut-off date
    of 1961.

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