Thank you for this because I, too, believed there weren't women sci-fi writers pre-1960s. Yikes!
You asked what we're reading, so I'll shout out the ARC I got of Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes by Nicky Beer. It's one of the best poetry books I've ever read and 99% of the poems are––in the words of an album of country covers I've been enjoying lately––"slappers, bangers, and certified twangers." All around thoroughly enjoyable.
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this seems very relevant, I have found myself wondering the last year about a minority of vocal male voices defining narratives for women and women spaces. And of course I never had thought about it in the the world of sci-fi, but i believe this particular flavour of undermining to be a prolific narrative.
right now I'm listening to "drive your plow over over the bones of the dead" by Olga Tokarczuc, from a random twitter comment. it has the wonderful fairy / tale mythic perception of events interwoven throughout, something i love, so I'm enjoying it immensely. It reminds me of the most beautiful book The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Thank you for this because I, too, believed there weren't women sci-fi writers pre-1960s. Yikes!
You asked what we're reading, so I'll shout out the ARC I got of Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes by Nicky Beer. It's one of the best poetry books I've ever read and 99% of the poems are––in the words of an album of country covers I've been enjoying lately––"slappers, bangers, and certified twangers." All around thoroughly enjoyable.
Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen and The Bastard and the Bishop by Gerald Fleming. Enjoy your vacation!
I just read A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow, which was quite good. You know how I love a fairytale adaptation.
this seems very relevant, I have found myself wondering the last year about a minority of vocal male voices defining narratives for women and women spaces. And of course I never had thought about it in the the world of sci-fi, but i believe this particular flavour of undermining to be a prolific narrative.
right now I'm listening to "drive your plow over over the bones of the dead" by Olga Tokarczuc, from a random twitter comment. it has the wonderful fairy / tale mythic perception of events interwoven throughout, something i love, so I'm enjoying it immensely. It reminds me of the most beautiful book The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu.
The Boy with a Bird in His Chest by Emme Lund. beautiful <3