Talk:Women eligible for 2008 SF Awards

praise

Oh, wow!! Fabulous work, y'all!--Liz Henry 19:28, 18 April 2007 (PDT)

Gotlieb

While looking up publication dates, I just found Phyllis Gotleib's Birthstones (with an afterword by Nalo Hopkinson), and it sounds really promising!

"Space Opera has the reputation - not entirely undeserved - as being the power fantasies of maladjusted teenage boys. But, for over fifty years, Toronto author Phyllis Gotlieb has proven that this subgenre can be complex, intelligent and even feminist. Her new novel, "Birthstones", is no exception. ... It is this deftness, as well as Gotlieb's sensitivity to character, that earned her a Governor General's Award Nomination." -- Sunday Book Review

"A visionary novel in the tradition of Ursula K. LeGuin and James Tiptree, Jr., by a leading feminist author."

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Madeline F (talk • contribs) 2007-04-18 23:21:11.

Gotlieb is one of the most under-rated SF authors around, IMHO. Cheryl 18:20, 26 April 2007 (PDT)

Questions

• Should things be broken down by SF and fantasy since there are genre-specific awards? Maybe it's easier just to note which they are? --LQ 09:13, 20 April 2007 (PDT)

• Also on the LibraryThing discussion groups avaland listed some titles (fsf) but I'm confused by the organization and don't want to misplace something. Margo Lanagan's "Red Spikes", a collection, is something I'd like to list; it was published in Australia in 2006 but will be published in US in October 2007, so eligible for Hugos, and ...? --LQ 09:27, 20 April 2007 (PDT)

• Should we list works where female authors have co-written with men? I'm also wondering if it's a good idea to link author pseudonyms to the real name. --Nicole 22:29, 28 April 2007 (PDT)

• My first instinct is yes, let's list cowritten works; we're trying to increase recognition for women authors, period. If (!) there is bias (unintentional or otherwise) then it may be less of a problem for works cowritten by men or otherwise, but it may not. With doubt, let's go for inclusion. That's my instinct -- other ideas? --LQ 10:28, 29 April 2007 (PDT)

• linking author pseudonyms - I think it's a good idea to do it to facilitate finding information. Are you making a suggestion to do that, or raising a concern about authors who are closeted with their pseudonyms? If the latter, then I think we should try to be respectful of closeted identities and not include that information. However, many (most?) pseudonyms are public information and not really an attempt to hide or create privacy. Other thoughts? --LQ 10:28, 29 April 2007 (PDT)

redirect

• hey i redirected the first page to this one and will fix links. --LQ 13:43, 23 April 2007 (PDT)

campbell new writer?

surely there are many more writers eligible for the campbell best new writer award? --LQ 06:07, 26 April 2007 (PDT)

There are - see the list on Writertopia that I linked to. But I'm not sure whether that has been updated for 2008 eligibility yet, so before adding any of them I'd need to go through and see if they are first year or second year. - Cheryl 18:20, 26 April 2007 (PDT)

Sound Mind

I have removed Tricia Sullivan's Sound Mind from the list as it has a December 2006 cover date and is therefore ineligible. A shame, because it is a really wonderful book. Cheryl 18:24, 26 April 2007 (PDT)

page split?

I can see that as this page moves on maybe we should split to three pages:

a) list of women & works

b) award activism

c) 2008 awards eligibility criteria

--LQ 10:31, 29 April 2007 (PDT)