tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post9142758826103872947..comments2024-03-28T11:17:43.586+00:00Comments on Read-warbler: The Sci Fi experienceCathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-60184236890911216252011-01-06T11:21:23.140+00:002011-01-06T11:21:23.140+00:00Bibliobio: Oddly, I didn't consciously realise...Bibliobio: Oddly, I didn't consciously realise that all my books were by female authors. That probably illustrates how far we've come in that it's now so normal for women to write sci fi that it's not worth noting. Back when I started to read it I don't think there were many female authors - although Kate Wilhelm and Vonda McIntyre spring to mind and I'm also not sure how long Ursula le Guin has been writing. (Anne McCaffrey was actually my first I think.) But availability was a problem where I lived (Cornwall). Our library didn't restock very often and it wasn't until I was in my late teens with my own money that I could buy books and then the local bookshop... you've guessed... only stocked a little sci fi and those, yep, were only by *men*. (A.E. Van Vogt and Clifford Simak were favourites.) And now... well I actually seem to prefer the sci fi books written by women... Sheri Tepper, Ursula le Guin and so on, a complete about turn. Interesting subject.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-68732096886450483352011-01-05T18:28:44.364+00:002011-01-05T18:28:44.364+00:00A wonderful story about your sci-fi experience. Th...A wonderful story about your sci-fi experience. Though I follow by several decades, live in a rather different world (as a result) and under rather different circumstances, I know what you mean about a lot of your points. A lovely post.<br /><br />I wonder how it must be to be a sci-fi reader today, when women are a lot more accepted in the genre than they were. I even notice that the three books you mention wanting to read are by female authors - intentional, or a pleasant side-effect of more women in the genre?Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-74128646464672464062011-01-05T09:45:23.922+00:002011-01-05T09:45:23.922+00:00Morning Pat! Yep, I married my first boyfriend. I ...Morning Pat! Yep, I married my first boyfriend. I doubt many women do that these days.<br /><br />GeraniumCat: It's nice to know there were others out there like me but how sad that we all felt a bit isolated. Just being an actual 'reader' in my class was looked upon as weird enough, let alone a reader of so called 'boy's books'! <br /><br />Book pusher: I too raised girls who loved science fiction. One still reads it (and fantasy), the other not so much as her life is really busy (but a still huge Terry Pratchett fan.) I always say I raised my girls on the ethics of Star Trek. LOL!<br /><br />Have just started the first sci fi book - The City of Pearl by Ksren Traviss and so far it's good.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-17962541607221147422011-01-04T05:14:40.823+00:002011-01-04T05:14:40.823+00:00I think maybe we should start a club, I also read ...I think maybe we should start a club, I also read scifi as a kid and loved it. I also married a science fiction loving guy. I know there are girls out there who like science fiction but they do seem to be in the minority, so still something of a rarity. I also must admit to having raised a girl who appreciates science fiction. Enjoy the scifi reading and I will be reading your posts with great interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-77611413118321116322011-01-03T17:30:17.048+00:002011-01-03T17:30:17.048+00:00Your story made me smile, as I was another oddity....Your story made me smile, as I was another oddity. I was lucky, though, that my dad read scifi (and crime) and sent me to the library to choose books for him, so I read them all too. I don't think I ever wrote any scifi, but did write fantasy and ghost stories, and there was one I recall that might have been classed as "speculative"!Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-55735169988410199072011-01-03T12:06:01.309+00:002011-01-03T12:06:01.309+00:00you married your first boyfriend? oh my! you are a...you married your first boyfriend? oh my! you are as "worldly" as I was! hahahahaha.. love it!DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.com