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It's great to see. One of my favorite authors of all time is a woman, Julian May. Isn't it funny that in a genre that so many equate with neckbeards is turnin

It's great to see. One of my favorite authors of all time is a woman, Julian May. Isn't it funny that in a genre that so many equate with neckbeards is turning out to be the opposite of this perception.

stmfreak 9y ago
Julian May spun one of the best fantasy/sci-fi series I've ever read, beginning with The Many Coloured Land.
- Frogolocalypse 9y ago
  The figure-eight timeline of that story is completely unique as far as I know.
  - pavel_lishin 9y ago
    I haven't read that novel, but there's another interesting timeline in this series of short stories: https://qntm.org/destroyed https://qntm.org/destroyed
heisenbit 9y ago
True hackers simply care about code and true readers care about words. Take the authors name away and it is not always obvious who wrote. I was a bit surprised that Jemisin got her second Hugo in a row. I liked the Obelisk Gate, eager for the third one but then there are other great ones on that shortlist - Becky Chambers made me chuckle more than I can remember. Still two in a row for the same person isn't that proof for a lack of diversity? /s <-- sadly needed these days 8-/
- Frogolocalypse 9y ago
  Ha. That's funny.
davidreiss 9y ago
> Isn't it funny that in a genre that so many equate with neckbeards is turning out to be the opposite of this perception. It's by design. Award shows are highly politicized and so is the publishing industry. They always have been. If you want to get published, use a woman's name or an "ethnic" name because that's what the publishing industry wants. There was the famous case a few years ago of Yi-Fen-Chou. Where a white man couldn't find a publisher for his literary works until he changed the author's name from Michael Derrick Hudson to Yi-Fen-Chou. And magically, his poem was selected for the "Best American Poems of 2015" anthology. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2015/09/yi-fen-chou-is-a-real-person-everything-else-circling-the-bees https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2015/09/yi-fen-chou... It's weird how society veers from one extreme to another. In the past, women and minorities changed/altered their names to make it sound more male/white. JK Rowling herself said that she used JK Rowling instead of Joanne Rowling because a woman's name would hurt her chances with publishers and audiences. Now, having a woman's name is a help rather than a hindrance.
- jellicle 9y ago
  I don't think there's any evidence that any of your claims are true.

stmfreak 9y ago

Julian May spun one of the best fantasy/sci-fi series I've ever read, beginning with The Many Coloured Land.

Frogolocalypse 9y ago
The figure-eight timeline of that story is completely unique as far as I know.
- pavel_lishin 9y ago
  I haven't read that novel, but there's another interesting timeline in this series of short stories: https://qntm.org/destroyed https://qntm.org/destroyed

heisenbit 9y ago

True hackers simply care about code and true readers care about words. Take the authors name away and it is not always obvious who wrote. I was a bit surprised that Jemisin got her second Hugo in a row. I liked the Obelisk Gate, eager for the third one but then there are other great ones on that shortlist - Becky Chambers made me chuckle more than I can remember. Still two in a row for the same person isn't that proof for a lack of diversity? /s <-- sadly needed these days 8-/

Frogolocalypse 9y ago
Ha. That's funny.

davidreiss 9y ago

> Isn't it funny that in a genre that so many equate with neckbeards is turning out to be the opposite of this perception. It's by design. Award shows are highly politicized and so is the publishing industry. They always have been. If you want to get published, use a woman's name or an "ethnic" name because that's what the publishing industry wants. There was the famous case a few years ago of Yi-Fen-Chou. Where a white man couldn't find a publisher for his literary works until he changed the author's name from Michael Derrick Hudson to Yi-Fen-Chou. And magically, his poem was selected for the "Best American Poems of 2015" anthology. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2015/09/yi-fen-chou-is-a-real-person-everything-else-circling-the-bees https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2015/09/yi-fen-chou... It's weird how society veers from one extreme to another. In the past, women and minorities changed/altered their names to make it sound more male/white. JK Rowling herself said that she used JK Rowling instead of Joanne Rowling because a woman's name would hurt her chances with publishers and audiences. Now, having a woman's name is a help rather than a hindrance.

jellicle 9y ago
I don't think there's any evidence that any of your claims are true.