Re: One of our own was mentioned

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.
I learned a great deal but did not find the story or the author
I wanted to praise.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
The first science fiction story published in a magazine by a woman in America was The Fate of the Poseidonia, written by Claire Winger Harris in 1927. The story was published by Hugo Gernsback in the pulp magazine Amazing Stories
Alice Bradley Sheldon adopted the name James Tiptree Jr
Marion Zimmer Bradley Andre Norton
Elizabeth Moon loved her series started with the Oath of Gerd.
Kate Wilhelm Ursula K. LeGuin
Sheri S. Tepper C. J. Cherryh
Margaret Atwood Octavia Butler
Connie Willis Andre Norton
Ursula K. LeGuin Joanna Russ
Zenna Henderson and her stories of the People
Who published afaik in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
later collected into several books which I have not read. I found
her name by diligent online search on the Magazine.
<https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=zenna+henderson+books&ia=web>
and newer stuff as well by
Seanan McGuire ` Lydia Sherre
Lindy Ryan Aubrey Wood
Linsay Sands Martha Wells
Hannah Fergesen Rachel Aaron
I got the last bit from my file of Book Reviews
bliss
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