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>> No. 5286 Anonymous
8th August 2013
Thursday 1:23 pm
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>Couldn't agree more. Cherryh is an extraordinary writer, capable of writing everything from high fantasy (the Morgaine saga) through rollicking space opera (the Chanur books) to 'hard' science fiction (the Alliance-Union series) and hugely underrated. She's won many awards in a long and prolific career, but in my opinion should be mentioned among the 'greats'.

>Ditto Alice Sheldon (aka James Tiptree Jr), Vonda McIntyre, and the brilliant C L Moore (who probably did more to pave the way for today's brilliant female writers than any other, writing as she did when the genre was almost exclusively male).

>Coming right up to date, Kij Johnson's work is utterly splendid.

Right lads, noticed this in the comment section of an atrocious article in the Gruan which I am not going to do the favour to of linking it. To my shame I haven't heard of any of these authors. Anyone got any advice as to which ones are worth it, or a description of their style?
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>> No. 5287 Anonymous
8th August 2013
Thursday 1:37 pm
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Why is the commenter who wrote the post you copied focusing on female writers only? Bloody sexist.
>> No. 5288 Anonymous
8th August 2013
Thursday 1:40 pm
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>>5287

Because they were responding to a piece of shit article claiming that SF is institutionally sexist. While missing out all of the many well regarded female writers. Such as LeGuin, among other massive fuck ups. I still refuse to link to it. The only good that will come from this is this thread. And yes, I am currently drafting a complaint to the Reader's Editor.
>> No. 5289 Anonymous
8th August 2013
Thursday 1:45 pm
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>>5288
I went looking for the story and er, came across this.
>> No. 5290 Anonymous
8th August 2013
Thursday 1:48 pm
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>>5289

Show what a piece of shit the Gruaniad is nowadays - still blinkered to the need to add real private sector competition to the ailing nhs.
>> No. 5291 Anonymous
8th August 2013
Thursday 1:53 pm
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>>5289

1) Do not involve your penis in sexting
2) Do not neglect your penis.
3) Do not stick your penis into household objects.
4) Do not use your penis to urinate all over the place in public.
5) Do not ever put your penis into someone who does not want this.
6) Do not name your penis.
7) Do not derive pleasure from your penis with other men.
8) Do not try to pierce your own penis.
9) Do not try to make your penis bigger by buying Bazooka Pills or other rubbish offered online.
10) Do not mistake your penis for your brain.

Great advice.
>> No. 5292 Anonymous
8th August 2013
Thursday 1:54 pm
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I've not heard of them either.

I'm looking forward to receiving a copy of Wild Seed by Octavia Butler, it sounds interestingly off the beaten track.
>> No. 5293 Anonymous
8th August 2013
Thursday 2:10 pm
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>>5291

I get the impression it's meant to be satire, but satire normally has a subject. I can't work out what the subject would be for an article like that.

It's things like this that give me such mixed feelings about The Guardian.
>> No. 5294 Anonymous
9th August 2013
Friday 2:16 am
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>> No. 5295 Anonymous
9th August 2013
Friday 2:24 am
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I'm starting to go to the Guardian just to look for funny pictures.
>> No. 5296 Anonymous
9th August 2013
Friday 3:41 pm
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>>5291

Last night I broke 5 of these. Is this bad?
>> No. 5297 Anonymous
9th August 2013
Friday 6:10 pm
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>>5296
You're doing the toaster industry the world of good lad.
>> No. 5298 Anonymous
9th August 2013
Friday 6:14 pm
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The Guardian seems to be obsessed with genitals these days.
>> No. 5299 Anonymous
9th August 2013
Friday 6:15 pm
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>>5297

No toasters involved lad. However the number of women involved equals the broken rules. Not sure if related.
>> No. 5300 Anonymous
9th August 2013
Friday 6:22 pm
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To answer OP and keep this /lit/, I read some of C.J. Cherryh's SF as a young teen many years ago and found it pretty good stuff. Have never tried her fantasy and was blissfully unaware of her feminist overtones at the time. Long since grown out of science fiction.
>> No. 5301 Anonymous
9th August 2013
Friday 6:24 pm
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>>5300

OP here. I am ashamed to say that I am also >>5296 and >>5299.

I have derailed my own thread. For shame.
>> No. 5302 Anonymous
9th August 2013
Friday 6:26 pm
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>>5299

So you raped five women and then broke four of the other rules?
>> No. 5303 Anonymous
9th August 2013
Friday 6:27 pm
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>>5302

Err...pretty much. Athough confusing my penis with my brain comes into this as well. And then worse.

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