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From: jtb@phs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: sri-arpa.13638: SF-LOVERS Digest   V8 #112
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Date: Fri, 18-Nov-83 09:20:07 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 18 09:20:07 1983
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I was told by the owner of a science fiction bookstore that M. A. Foster is:
1) A male
2) Had an interesting background (but I dont remember what it was!)
3) Is still working at a "normal" job (which I again dont remember!)
4) Lives here in North Carolina
Also he was the guest of honor at a something-con in NC. I wasn't there but
I think I would have heard if a woman showed up!
While we are on this topic at one point I sussuspected Jon Varley was a woman
but my sister met him.
As you know James Tiptree is a woman. There is a very funny introduction
in one of her books in which a famous SF author says how Tiptree is clearly
a man judging from the stories and Tiptree adds a footnote saying she dosen't
want to embarras him (evidently a friend but by corrispondence only) and
confesses that she is a woman!
Jose Torre-Bueno
decvax!duke!phs!jtb