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Re: Science Fiction: Women Do It Better

sloiselle — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:58:46 -0000

"It has been the best genre (so far) to say more than what's on the printed page."

If you want to talk about what's said most beyond what's actually printed, look toward religious texts. Also, you cede the point that "science fiction" is a genre apart from 'literature as a whole.'

Further, your ad hominem attack on my choice of beverage at a cafe (I drink drip coffee, by the way), shows that you might not be fully vested in "intellectual rigor" and "philosophical arguments." I'm not worried about science fiction; my point was that the author's perception of "science fiction" wouldn't find much traction amongst people who are literarily inclined.

Re: Science Fiction: Women Do It Better

Bill — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:14:38 -0000

And that's the problem. It isn't any of those things, and there are many surprises, there is great depth, and the material is thought-provoking. It has been the best genre (so far) to say more than what's on the printed page. Go back to sucking your lattes and lamenting what the world could be if... and don't worry about it. Aren't you posting on a site called tomorrowmuseum.com anyway?

Re: Science Fiction: Women Do It Better

Joy-Mari Cloete — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:05:51 -0000

Thank you SOOOO much for reminding me about Small Wonder. I absolutely loved that show when I was a wee one. We even had a show in Afrikaans called Supersnuiters that was about a bunch of kids doing scientific experiments and I loved it.

I just want to know the following: is the post's title tongue-in-cheek or were you serious about that claim?

Re: Science Fiction: Women Do It Better

sloiselle — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:21:30 -0000

"But “science fiction” is known as the literature of ideas, intellectual rigor, and philosophic arguments."

In any literary circle I've ever run in, science fiction is "genre fiction" known to be trite, flat, and predictable. I'd lament anything I ever write being labeled "science fiction." It's not known for big ideas -- maybe in Asimov's days of yore, but not now.

Re: Science Fiction: Women Do It Better

Andre Lieven — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:56:01 -0000

Yawn... More "chicks roole, guys suck" misandry.
It's fine to celebrate actual female accomplishment in SF, but the demographics are what they ARE: More men th an women are interested in SF, and more men write SF, and more men write GOOD SF.
When women try to out-man men, such women lose in two ways: 1) Men are simply better at being men than any woman. 2) Women who try to out-man men cease to be the women that they ARE.
Strive for the best that you can be, man or woman, but telling lies about so called female "accomplishments" serves no one but willfully ignorant bigots.
As a man who has been to over 275 SF conventions, and who has worked and spoken at many of them, I can report that SF is still a majority male genre.
And, theres NOTHING wrong with that.