Re: One of our own was mentioned

On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 17:24:42 -0700, Bobbie Sellers
<bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:

On 10/8/24 16:09, BCFD 36 wrote:

I recently received the 2023 version of The Best Science Fiction of the
Year by Neil Clarke. Our very own Dorthy was mentioned as one of those
who had passed away.
 
I have found a couple of stories I liked so far.
 
It is interesting that just about 50%, or maybe even more since I am not
sure of some of the names, of the authors are women. It didn't used to
be that way at all.
 

I think in the past to get acceptance many women wrote
under male names. But we had some very great female authors
from an relatively early time in the SF field.

More generally, this goes back at least 200 years (ie, to the 19th
century) and quite likely before.

And not just authors. Female soldiers go back quite a ways too. It's
just that, relatively recently, they no longer had to pretend to be
men.
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Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"