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** 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]]'' | ||
* Carlos Ruiz Zafon. ''Shadow of the Wind'' | * [[Carlos Ruiz Zafon]]. ''[[Shadow of the Wind]]'' | ||
* Keith Donohue. ''The Stolen Child'' | * Keith Donohue. ''The Stolen Child'' | ||
* [[Audrey Niffenegger]]. ''[[The Time Traveler's Wife]]'' | * [[Audrey Niffenegger]]. ''[[The Time Traveler's Wife]]'' | ||
Revision as of 12:52, 17 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
- Giles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (TV series)
- Gill Alderman, The Archivist
- Nancy Springer, . Fair Peril (librarian protagonist / gay black male librarian cohort)
- librarian in "The Librarian" miniseries (fall 2004)
- Mr. Raven in George MacDonald's Lilith (1895) (the ghost of Mr. Raven, a librarian, haunts Mr. Vane's library)
Unsorted
- 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
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Telling (2000) (The whole thing is about libraries, really.)
- 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.)
- Sean McMullen. Souls in the Great Machine
- Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Shadow of the Wind
- Keith Donohue. The Stolen Child
- Audrey Niffenegger. The Time Traveler's Wife
- Rosemary Edghill. The Sword of Maiden's Tears