(ReacTor) Five Vintage Works of SF From Women Writers

[James Nicoll]

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/

[Robert Woodward]

Post by James Nicoll
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").

[James Nicoll]

Post by Robert Woodward

Post by James Nicoll
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.

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by James Nicoll
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 ?

Lynn

[James Nicoll]

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by James Nicoll
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.

[WolfFan]

Post by James Nicoll

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by James Nicoll
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?

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

[WolfFan]

Post by WolfFan

Post by James Nicoll

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by James Nicoll
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.

Post by WolfFan

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

[Michael F. Stemper]

Post by James Nicoll
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 only one of these that I've read is the Moore, and I very much
did not care for it.

I've heard of the Shiras, but until ten minutes ago did not know
that she was a she.

[Tony Nance]

Post by James Nicoll
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/

Interesting!

Brackett is one of my favorites, but The Starmen is one of her few
novels I haven't read.

I held that very MacLean on my hands at a used book store a few weeks
ago, and I ultimately decided not to grab it. Maybe next time I'm there....

Tony

[John Savard]

Post by James Nicoll
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

[John Savard]

On Fri, 10 May 2024 21:12:25 -0600, John Savard

Post by John Savard

Post by James Nicoll
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

[Cryptoengineer]

Post by John Savard

Post by James Nicoll
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.

Go back and read footnote 1.

Pt

[Scott Dorsey]

Post by Cryptoengineer

Post by John Savard
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

[Ted Nolan <tednolan>]

Post by Scott Dorsey

Post by Cryptoengineer

Post by John Savard
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.