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Re: WAY OFF TOPIC: recommendations for great science fiction written in the last 10 years?
At 10:53 PM +0900 5/24/09, Mech wrote:
>
>>He [Varley] is, imho, the best genderless writer in all of Sci Fi
>>for my money.
>>My wife says his female characters are absolutely spot on and convincing,
>>which can be a big problem in male oriented Science Fiction.
>
>Uhm, IIRC, isn't John Varley actually a woman writing under a male
>pen name? I believe that's how Varley is able to write such
>believable female characters.
Ah crumbs. I just checked the Internets. I guess that was just an
old urban legend that Varley was a woman. Still writes female
characters better than just about any else in SF, though....
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