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[jennythereader]

The Periodic Table of Female SF writers

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[nounsandverbs]

That is pretty cool.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Isn't it? I'm tempted to print it out and use it as a reading guide.

[hotspurre.livejournal.com]

Nice to see C. L. Moore so far up. She was amazing, IMHO, though she did do a lot of collaborative writing with her husband, Henry Kuttner. I've read a few of her books.

I read somewhere that Margaret Atwood didn't like the label of "Science Fiction Writer." Mores the pity...

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've read anything of her's, but I'm pleased with myself about how many of these authors I have read.

As for Margaret Atwood not liking being called an SF writer - too freaking bad. SF may not be the only thing she writes, but the books she's best known for all have either science fiction or fantasy elements.

[hotspurre.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's my opinion too.

I would recommend C. L. Moore's work highly, if you don't mind mid-century SF. I have a collection of her short stories, in particular, and love it.