Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MillCreek on April 06, 2019, 11:33:14 AM
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https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/seattles-vonda-mcintyre-70-champion-of-women-in-science-fiction-dies/
She wrote some good stuff starting back in the 70's, and then got into the Star Trek body of work. Died at age 70 from pancreatic cancer.
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:'(
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“The modern feminist movement was just gaining steam,” McIntyre recalled in 2010 in an interview with Gizmodo. “And there was a lot of controversy in science fiction about whether women should have anything to do with science fiction at all, which I actually found quite hurtful.”
A handful of years older than me. Maybe she remembers things differently than I do.
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A handful of years older than me. Maybe she remembers things differently than I do.
She probably does. I remember very well reading the history of science fiction and for how long it was (in the United States anyway) pretty much an exclusive white male preserve.