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From: liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang)
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Subject: C.J.Cherryh, Tanith Lee, and other assorted female SF authors...
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 20:09:36 EST
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How many people out there have read and liked any/all of Cherryh's stuff
or Tanith Lee's works?  I liked Cherryh's Downbelow Station a lot and much
of Tanith Lee's wierder stories.  A friend of mine however won't read any
of that stuff on first principles.  To paraphrase him, "after all, how many
really good female SF authors do you know?"  I personally think that the
number is certainly substantial.  I guess a lot of female SF writers though
are still suffering from prejudices such as this and find that they must hide
behind names which are patently male or gender non-specific.  Cases in point
are C.J.Cherryh and Andre Norton.

-eli

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