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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 a disproportionately female profession. | 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 a disproportionately female profession. | ||
* "Batwoman" | * "[[Batwoman]]" | ||
* "The Mummy" feature film, 1999 | * "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. | * [[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. | ||
* [[Lirael]] in [[Garth Nix]]'s [[Old Kingdom Books]] | * [[Lirael]] in [[Garth Nix]]'s [[Old Kingdom Books]] | ||
* Giles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (TV series) | * Giles in "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]" (TV series) | ||
* Alderman, | * [[Gill Alderman]], . The Archivist | ||
* Ellison, | * [[Harlan Ellison]], . "Enter the Fanatic, Stage Center," in Gentleman Junkie (1961) | ||
* Fletcher | * [[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) | * [[Ellen Klages]], "In the House of the Seven Librarians" (''Firebirds Rising'' anthology) | ||
* | * [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] [[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) | * [[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) | ||
* Joanna Russ' The Female Man (one of the protagonists is a librarian) | * [[Joanna Russ]]' The Female Man (one of the protagonists is a librarian) | ||
* Springer, | * [[Nancy Springer]], . Fair Peril (librarian protagonist / gay black male librarian cohort) | ||
* Sturgeon | * [[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.) | ||
* Ward | * [[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) | ||
* Sean McMullen, ''Souls in the Great Machine'' | * Sean McMullen, ''Souls in the Great Machine'' | ||
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[[Category:Characters by occupation]] | [[Category:Characters by occupation]] | ||
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Revision as of 13:01, 28 April 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 a disproportionately female profession.
- "Batwoman"
- "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.
- Lirael in Garth Nix's Old Kingdom Books
- Giles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (TV series)
- Gill Alderman, . The Archivist
- Harlan Ellison, . "Enter the Fanatic, Stage Center," in Gentleman Junkie (1961)
- 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)
- Ursula K. Le Guin 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)
- Joanna Russ' The Female Man (one of the protagonists is a librarian)
- Nancy Springer, . Fair Peril (librarian protagonist / gay black male librarian cohort)
- 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.)
- 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)
- Sean McMullen, Souls in the Great Machine