Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul S Person Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: One of our own was mentioned Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:11:41 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: <87jfhjd3ml9vkemq698vqnlmu5rgghg0cj@4ax.com> References: <0opbhj5adodicvo423iog82q2rddg1s70h@4ax.com> <52vchjt1uksud7ho5i9o3vk0m5gq47vriq@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 18:11:43 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b07ec1afc061108ec9c55c973705c864"; logging-data="1643431"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+WCStsOwwfK9syC11fAO2+NRUJ1AA1PjI=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:1Y2gtjjQklxrzCEOvPEypnG7mcQ= Bytes: 2461 On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 17:16:44 -0400, Cryptoengineer wrote: >On 10/21/2024 12:12 PM, Paul S Person wrote: >> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 22:32:16 -0700, The Horny Goat >> wrote: >>=20 >>> On Wed, 09 Oct 2024 09:08:44 -0700, Paul S Person >>> wrote: >>> >>>> More generally, this goes back at least 200 years (ie, to the 19th >>>> century) and quite likely before. >>> >>> 200 years ago would be 1824 which was dominated by 1789-1815 (e.g. = the >>> Napoleonic wars) and relatively quiet at least till Prussia's wars >>> 1864-1871. >>=20 >> So, you are saying there were /no female writers using male >> pseudonyms/ in 1824? Or before? > >George Sand has entered the chat. Oh great! Another 18th Century French Author I should probably read, as I probably will Verne (at least I can count him as an SF author!). I will make a note. But I may take a break with something else first. Perhaps the Well of Souls series. Note: I recall hearing about George Sand, and may even have heard that she was a woman, but she was not in my mind when I made my assertion above. --=20 "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino, Who evil spoke of everyone but God, Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"