List of librarians in SF: Difference between revisions

From Feminist SF Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(→‎Unsorted: adding)
No edit summary
Line 6: Line 6:
* [[Cimerone]] in [[The Enchanted Forest Chronicles]] by [[Patricia C. Wrede]] spends a lot of time working in the library and at one point holds the title Head Cook and Librarian.
* [[Cimerone]] in [[The Enchanted Forest Chronicles]] by [[Patricia C. Wrede]] spends a lot of time working in the library and at one point holds the title Head Cook and Librarian.
* [[Jane Fletcher]]. The World Celaeno Chose (Dimsdale: London, 1999) - a librarian plays an important role (although by the time of the plot she is an ex-librarian)
* [[Jane Fletcher]]. The World Celaeno Chose (Dimsdale: London, 1999) - a librarian plays an important role (although by the time of the plot she is an ex-librarian)
* [[Joanna Russ]]' The Female Man (one of the protagonists is a librarian)
* [[Ellen Klages]], "In the House of the Seven Librarians" (''Firebirds Rising'' anthology)
* [[Joanna Russ]]' ''[[The Female Man]]'' (one of the protagonists is a librarian)
* [[Nancy Springer]], . Fair Peril (librarian protagonist / gay black male librarian cohort)
* [[Nancy Springer]], . Fair Peril (librarian protagonist / gay black male librarian cohort)
* [[Cynthia Ward]] . "Brass in Pocket" in New Amazons edited by Margaret Weis, 2000. (not a very nice librarian; in fact a librarian that is one of the stereotypical shy women without social skills)
* [[Cynthia Ward]] . "Brass in Pocket" in New Amazons edited by Margaret Weis, 2000. (not a very nice librarian; in fact a librarian that is one of the stereotypical shy women without social skills)
* [[M. K. Wren]], . A Gift Upon the Sea (tale centers around a post-holocaust archivist of books and the threats posed by fundamentalist christians)
* [[M. K. Wren]]. ''A Gift Upon the Sea'' (tale centers around a post-holocaust archivist of books and the threats posed by fundamentalist christians)


==Male and other-gendered librarians==
==Male and other-gendered librarians==
Line 18: Line 19:


==Unsorted==
==Unsorted==
* [[Harlan Ellison]], . "Enter the Fanatic, Stage Center," in Gentleman Junkie (1961)
* [[Jorge Luis Borges]]. ''The Library of Babel.''
* [[Harlan Ellison]]. "Enter the Fanatic, Stage Center," in ''Gentleman Junkie'' (1961)
* [[Lirael]] in [[Garth Nix]]'s [[Old Kingdom Books]]
* [[Lirael]] in [[Garth Nix]]'s [[Old Kingdom Books]]
* [[Ellen Klages]], "In the House of the Seven Librarians" (''Firebirds Rising'' anthology)
* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]  
* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] [[The Telling]] (2000) (The whole thing is about libraries, really.)
** [[The Telling]] (2000) (The whole thing is about libraries, really.)
* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]. short story in Sea Road (not science fiction, but completists may want to read it just because it's by Le Guin)
** short story in ''Sea Road'' (not science fiction, but completists may want to read it just because it's by Le Guin)
* [[Theodore Sturgeon]] . "[[If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?]]" (the Master Archivist, on an interestingly-described library-sort-of-planet, is the recipient of this tale which is otherwise not about librarians. The MA -- as an upper-echelon male -- has an attractive female secretary.)
* [[Theodore Sturgeon]] . "[[If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?]]" (the Master Archivist, on an interestingly-described library-sort-of-planet, is the recipient of this tale which is otherwise not about librarians. The MA -- as an upper-echelon male -- has an attractive female secretary.)
* Sean McMullen, ''Souls in the Great Machine''
* Sean McMullen. ''Souls in the Great Machine''
* ''Shadow of the Wind'' by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
* Carlos Ruiz Zafon. ''Shadow of the Wind''
* ''The Stolen Child'' by Keith Donohue
* Keith Donohue. ''The Stolen Child''  
* ''[[The Time Traveler's Wife]]'' by [[Audrey Niffenegger]]
* [[Audrey Niffenegger]]. ''[[The Time Traveler's Wife]]''
* ''[[The Sword of Maiden's Tears]]'' by [[Rosemary Edghill]]
* [[Rosemary Edghill]]. ''[[The Sword of Maiden's Tears]]''


==Further reading==
==Further reading==

Revision as of 21:59, 5 June 2007

SF fans and writers = bibliophiles; bibliophiles love librarians; and therefore librarians show up disproportionately in SF. Which is interesting because librarianship in real life is gendered profession, disproportionately female (and gay).

Female librarians

  • "Batwoman"
  • Evelyn Carnahan in "The Mummy" feature film, 1999
  • Cimerone in The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede spends a lot of time working in the library and at one point holds the title Head Cook and Librarian.
  • Jane Fletcher. The World Celaeno Chose (Dimsdale: London, 1999) - a librarian plays an important role (although by the time of the plot she is an ex-librarian)
  • Ellen Klages, "In the House of the Seven Librarians" (Firebirds Rising anthology)
  • Joanna Russ' The Female Man (one of the protagonists is a librarian)
  • Nancy Springer, . Fair Peril (librarian protagonist / gay black male librarian cohort)
  • Cynthia Ward . "Brass in Pocket" in New Amazons edited by Margaret Weis, 2000. (not a very nice librarian; in fact a librarian that is one of the stereotypical shy women without social skills)
  • M. K. Wren. A Gift Upon the Sea (tale centers around a post-holocaust archivist of books and the threats posed by fundamentalist christians)

Male and other-gendered librarians

Unsorted

Further reading

Retrieved from "https://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=List_of_librarians_in_SF&oldid=23991"