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Sable Aradia
Posted 2016-11-14 6:38 PM (#14586 - in reply to #12231)
Subject: Re: 2016 Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge		Quote Reply



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Some time in the next little while I'm going to write an article for my blog about Andre Norton, Anne McCaffrey, and C.J. Cherryh; the triumvirate of forgotten women sci-fi writers. When you read their work you see how strongly all three of them influenced the genre; it was never the same after they got involved and we're all better off for it. But not only have modern readers most often never heard of them, but for such influential works they have a dearth of awards under their belts, even though all three were recognized as Grand Masters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Knight_Memorial_Grand_Master_Award).

I found this great article in my Twitter feed that is pertinent to our challenge here, about mid-list women writers in sci-fi and their unique challenges: http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/columns/me-and-science-ficti...

And by the way, if you're looking to support would-be women sci-fi and fantasy writers, I made a post in the Member Projects forum about looking for beta readers.

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