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Women Writing Science Fiction As Men
Women Writing Science Fiction As Men
Author: Mike Resnick (Editor)
In the days of pulp magazines and space operas, science fiction was considered a totally male-oriented genre, and any woman writer was forced to disguise her gender by using a pseudonym or initials. Even today, when women are renowned for their works of science fiction, we still see this legacy from an earlier time. So although we've come a long...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780756401481
ISBN-10: 0756401488
Publication Date: 6/3/2003
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Daw Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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Did not get past the first three stories. Found the perspective to be weak. Knowing the women were writing intending to pass it off as a man's point of view weaked my tolerance for the comments thrown in to make it appear a man's perspective -- thoughts on sex etc. Had it just been a gathering of stories and not an attempt to write in another's frame of reference these stories might have gone over better for me.
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In the early days of Science Fiction, it was considered to be a strictly male field. Women that wrote in the genre used men's names, such as Andre (Alice) Norton.

The stories in this book were written as a challenge to modern woman SF writers, to write as men, with make protagonists. It turned out very well, with 16 excellent stories.


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