Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Savard Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five Vintage Works of SF From Women Writers Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 21:12:25 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 05:12:26 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6444f042f0bbb456bb8f91f3b92bb4da"; logging-data="1926427"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/U+geclfeHduTx0co5gM6IdPVk006GGXQ=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ay83CDNMwpGmACIgLOFC/PxdH5A= X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 3.3/32.846 Bytes: 1590 On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:14:20 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote: >Five Vintage Works of SF From Women Writers > >Women have written science fiction for as long as the field has >existed; here are five examples from days of yore... While I won't argue your decision not to include it among the five examples examined in depth, since you make such a claim, and there might be some who would ignorantly question it... I'm surprised you did not substantiate your claim with at least a passing mention of _Frankenstein; or, The Modern Promethius_ by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. John Savard