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12:04 am: Women who weren't shortlisted for a Hugo
One of our non-feminist readers read my post on Late Business at the Hugo Awards and decided to find out who would have been added to the shortlists had the Joanna Russ Amendment passed and been ratified before the 2000 Hugos. Their thought was: "I had wondered if the rule came with a built-in weakness, forcing Hugo Administrators to reach so far down the list that the stories would lack excellence, or have gotten trivial numbers of votes."

The writers who would have been shortlisted were: Eleanor Arnason, Kage Baker, Judith Berman, Claire Brialey, Lois McMaster Bujold, Nancy Kress (three times), Ellen Klages, Margo Lanagan, Evelyn Leeper, Ursula K. LeGuin, Elizabeth Malarette, Maureen McHugh, Vonda N. McIntyre, Cheryl Morgan, M. Ricker, J. K. Rowling (twice), and Jo Walton.

This reader adds, sedately "From this list I see that particular problem would not have been much of an issue."

I've added the specific stories, place on the top-15 list, and number of votes to my post at feministsf-blog.



Tags: bujold, harry potter, leguin, worldcon

12:36 pm: Louiselux asked Fred
1. Platypus or wombat?

( excitement or ice-cream? )

2. What's the most important book to you from your childhood?

( I can never answer this kind of question. )

3. Describe your ideal house.

( Just one?  )

4. Would you rather spend a day with Greg House or Bertie Wooster?

( Depends how fragile I was feeling )

5. If you were going to make a documentary, what would it be about?

( the Botanical Gardens! )

Tags: botanics, c.s.lewis, fred, house md, hugh laurie, leguin, tolkien

11:24 pm: 10 flash fiction stories
As requested. A very different range from last year.

( Sinsense, Harry Potter )

( PhoenixW, Harry Potter )

( Daegaer, Good Omens )

( CoyoteGoth, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen )

( Kickair8p, Due South )

( RedStarRobot, Blake's 7 )

( DarkLily, Sherlock Holmes )

( AngeloftheNorth, Merchant of Venice )

( HFNuala, Earthsea )

Tags: bible, blake's 7, christmas day stories, due south, films, flashfic, harry potter, leguin, shakespeare, write write write, yuletide

01:49 pm: A literary experiment based on a story by Ursula K. LeGuin
( I read this story on a science-fiction website, and it disturbed me. While trying to pinpoint why it had disturbed me, I downloaded it. It's just one of those straight science-fiction stories that LeGuin is so good at: What if? and go from there. I took this story and made three small changes to it, and it disturbed me much less: and yet, I'm fairly sure the disturbance I felt was not intended by LeGuin. Feel free to comment, throw stones, or advise me to get over it. )

Tags: leguin, regendering