From LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Tue Feb 12 16:52:29 2002 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:38:44 -0600 From: "L-Soft list server at UIC (1.8d)" To: Laura Q Subject: File: "FEMINISTSF-LIT LOG0109B" ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 11:14:50 +0200 Reply-To: divadiane9@compuserve.de Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Diane Severson Subject: Nomination As I am relatively new to Feminist Speculative fiction, I'm working my way through the "classics" as it were. I just finished reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and noticed that it's not on the complete list of books the list has discussed. For that reason I would like to nominate it for discussion. Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale Anchor Books; ISBN: 038549081X Price (new): $10.36 (at Amazon) Thanks! Diane Diane "scents of not known musics in whose careful eyes are dinned..." e.e.cummings ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 09:33:43 -0700 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Todd Mason Subject: L. Timmel Duchamp on Mary Gentle Comments: cc: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit At the risk of redundancy (I've been away from the list for too long), an interesting and suitably disturbing take on THE ARCHITECTURE OF DESIRE by Gentle is offered by (Ms.) Duchamp in the 8th issue of LADY CHURCHILL'S ROSEBUD WRISTLET. www.lcrw.net will take you to the website, but not to the article itself...for now, a purchase of the issue is required, apparently. Not a crisis... TM --------------------------------------------------------------- NetZero Platinum Only $9.95 per month! Sign up in September to win one of 30 Hawaiian Vacations for 2! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97 ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 22:18:36 -0700 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: John Snead Subject: Re: L. Timmel Duchamp on Mary Gentle Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC In-Reply-To: <200109090105.tplu4t.dlb.37kbi0u@strange.mail.mindspring.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Todd Mason wrote: > > At the risk of redundancy (I've been away from the list for too long), > an interesting and suitably disturbing take on THE ARCHITECTURE OF > DESIRE by Gentle is offered by (Ms.) Duchamp in the 8th issue of LADY > CHURCHILL'S ROSEBUD WRISTLET. > > www.lcrw.net will take you to the website, but not to the article > itself...for now, a purchase of the issue is required, apparently. > Not a crisis... TM Could you provide a brief synopsis of the article? Also (not being an old timer here), what do other folks think of this book. I have enjoyed greatly everything I've read by Mary Gentle (I've read everything except Grunts) and think that The Architecture of Desire was an interesting and definitely unappreciated work (although not quite as good as Rats and Gargoyles).. -John Snead sneadj@mindspring.com ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 10:03:00 +0100 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Heather Stark Subject: Re: Kelly Link [was L. Timmel Duchamp on Mary Gentle Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just clicked through to www.lcrw.net - which I'd never heard of before. (BTW- where does this name come from?? ((Doesn't say on the site, that I can figure out. )) The cover page of the current issue was full of fulsome praise for a new writer named Kelly Link. Couldn't wish for a more motivating collection of testimonials. Makes me want to go out and read it RIGHT NOW. Has anyone out there read any Kelly Link? If so, but she's not FSF-scope-compatible, please RSVP to me direct. ta, Heather heather.stark@virgin.net -----Original Message----- From: Todd Mason To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU Date: Saturday, September 08, 2001 3:07 PM Subject: [*FSF-L*] L. Timmel Duchamp on Mary Gentle >At the risk of redundancy (I've been away from the list for too long), an >interesting and suitably disturbing take on THE ARCHITECTURE OF DESIRE by Gentle >is offered by (Ms.) Duchamp in the 8th issue of LADY CHURCHILL'S ROSEBUD WRISTLET. > >www.lcrw.net will take you to the website, but not to the article itself...for >now, a purchase of the issue is required, apparently. Not a crisis... TM > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >NetZero Platinum >Only $9.95 per month! >Sign up in September to win one of 30 Hawaiian Vacations for 2! >http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97 ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 06:55:06 -0500 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Chris Shaffer Subject: Re: Kelly Link [was L. Timmel Duchamp on Mary Gentle Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC In-Reply-To: <001d01c1390e$3ad138c0$7448fd3e@has-home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 04:03 AM 9/9/2001, you wrote: >Just clicked through to www.lcrw.net - which I'd never heard of before. >(BTW- where does this name come from?? ((Doesn't say on the site, that I can >figure out. )) If you click the LCRW link at the bottom of the page, you'll go to http://www.lcrw.net/lcrw/index.htm which shows the title of their journal is "Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet - an occasional outburst." ----- The typical computer network isn't like a house with windows, doors, and locks. It's more like a gauze tent encircled by a band of drunk teenagers with lit matches. --David H. Freedmand and Charles C. Mann Chris Shaffer chris@bsinc.net http://www.uic.edu/~shaffer/ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 00:41:47 +1000 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Maire Subject: Gaia's Toys by Rebecca Ore Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00A0_01C13991.5F992E00" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A0_01C13991.5F992E00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Has anyone here read Gaia's Toys? The reviews at amazon are mixed to say the least.... apparently it is a cyberpunkish dystopia type of thing. .. Is it any good? Or best avoided in favour of her other books? Or other authors altogether? Thanks, Maire Currently Reading: Red Dust by Paul J. McAuley; The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Just Read: Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. McHugh; Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman; Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson; ------=_NextPart_000_00A0_01C13991.5F992E00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi
Has = anyone here read=20 Gaia's Toys? The reviews at amazon are mixed to say the least.... = apparently it=20 is a cyberpunkish dystopia type of thing. .. Is it any good? Or best = avoided in=20 favour of her other books? Or other authors altogether? =
Thanks,=20
Maire

Currently Reading: Red = Dust by Paul=20 J. McAuley; The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Just Read: Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. = McHugh;=20 Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman; Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson;

 
------=_NextPart_000_00A0_01C13991.5F992E00-- ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 00:51:29 +1000 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Maire Subject: Louis McMaster Bujold Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00AC_01C13992.BA8E9740" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00AC_01C13992.BA8E9740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anyone know a site that lists the order that the Miles books hsould be read? I have read Cordelia's Honor, and I *think* that the next book is Young Miles. Also, does anyone know offhand whether she wrote the books in chronological order? Or does the publication order not correspond with the chronology in Miles' world (s)? Thanks heaps all Maire Currently Reading: Red Dust by Paul J. McAuley; The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Just Read: Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. McHugh; Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman; Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson; ------=_NextPart_000_00AC_01C13992.BA8E9740 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Does = anyone know a=20 site that lists the order that the Miles books hsould be read? I have = read=20 Cordelia's Honor, and I *think* that the next book is Young Miles. Also, = does=20 anyone know offhand whether she wrote the books in chronological order? = Or does=20 the publication order not correspond with the chronology in Miles' world = (s)?
Thanks = heaps=20 all
Maire

Currently Reading: Red = Dust by Paul=20 J. McAuley; The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Just Read: Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. = McHugh;=20 Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman; Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson;

 
------=_NextPart_000_00AC_01C13992.BA8E9740-- ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 14:11:01 -0700 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Todd Mason Subject: Kelly Link, & L. Timmel Duchamp on Mary Gentle: Snead, Stark, Shaffer Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kelly Link, as you've probably already read, Heather, picked up a World Fantasy Award for "The Specialist's Hat" (EVENT HORIZON, Ellen Datlow's online 'zine between OMNI ONLINE and SCI FICTION: http://www.eventhorizon.com/sfzine/fiction/specialist/index.html is the link to the story...at least for now!--Link hopes to have a page up soonish, apparently) She's also co-editor/publisher, with Gavin Grant, of LADY CHURCHILL'S ROSEBUD WRISTLET, specific provenance of the title unknown to me. Sounded kool at the time, I'm sure! The magazine is offering back issues of CRANK! for sale, the excellent, sadly folded, little speculative fiction magazine it most resembles in content. I met Gavin Grant long enough to buy several issues from him at WorldCon, and suspect Ms. Link was the young woman standing in front of the table being queried by a small knot of intense fans. John: I haven't yet read anything by Ms. Gentle yet, though my friend Jeff Segal is big on her work; Timmel Duchamp wondered why THE ARCHITECTURE OF DESIRE enraged her to a much greater extent than almost anything else she reads, then anylized the book for the essay, explicating how she had misunderstood the book initially in its apparent misogyny, showing how instead it's a deft demonstration of gender realpolitik. Sounds like the kind of uncomfortable but valuable reading that, say, Engh's ARSLAN is. Heather Stark wrote: > Just clicked through to www.lcrw.net - which I'd never heard of before. > (BTW- where does this name come from?? ((Doesn't say on the site, that I can > figure out. )) > > The cover page of the current issue was full of fulsome praise for a new > writer named Kelly Link. Couldn't wish for a more motivating collection of > testimonials. Makes me want to go out and read it RIGHT NOW. Has anyone > out there read any Kelly Link? If so, but she's not FSF-scope-compatible, > please RSVP to me direct. > ta, > > From: Todd Mason > >At the risk of redundancy (I've been away from the list for too long), an > >interesting and suitably disturbing take on THE ARCHITECTURE OF DESIRE by > Gentle > >is offered by (Ms.) Duchamp in the 8th issue of LADY CHURCHILL'S ROSEBUD > WRISTLET. > > > >www.lcrw.net will take you to the website, but not to the article > itself...for > >now, a purchase of the issue is required, apparently. --------------------------------------------------------------- NetZero Platinum Only $9.95 per month! Sign up in September to win one of 30 Hawaiian Vacations for 2! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97 ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 20:23:59 +0100 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Angela Barclay Subject: BDG: nomination Comments: To: feministsf-lit@uic.edu Comments: cc: Julieanne Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I am nominating Alice Nunn's _Illicit Passage_ for this next BDG round for several reasons: 1. I ordered a copy through Mysterious Galaxy Books (it crossed the border in no time) and am interested in discussing it with others. 2. We recently had a good discussion on the general list about cyberfeminism and cyber fiction and I thought members might be interested in reading some feminist cyberpunk. 3. 18 of our members already have the book; 10 copies are still available from Mysterious Galaxy and it sounds like many more copies can be purchased from the author herself. ISBN: 1 875274 09 Below is the original email we received about the book. >Some time ago, on this list there was some discussion of Alice Nunn's 1992 >novel - 'Illicit Passage' - which unfortunately went out of print when the >publisher went out of business. > . . . the author . . . apparently chose to take >the remaining few hundred trade paperback copies when the publisher folded, >and they remain sitting in her shed:) It was originally retailed at around >Aus$15 - but Alice has been selling a few locally, and by postage through >word-of-mouth at Aus$5 plus p&h for some time. > >However, she would be happy to offload larger numbers than the occasional >one or two, if there is any interest - particularly as the Australian >dollar is so cheap at the moment, I thought I would mention it here on this >list if there are any booksellers who would like to order a consignment, or >even just individual fans who would like a copy? >For those who aren't aware of the book:I would recommend it - its a scream, >very witty and a lot of fun, with a very distinctive Australian "flavour":) >For those interested in feminist cyberpunk - *Illicit Passage* comes close >- but with a few 'twists':)) > >" Illicit Passage " - by Alice Nunn, 1992 - Women's Redress Press > >The blurb for the book is: > >" The year is 2101 and the space habitat colony of Anastasia Union is under >siege. Systems are breaking down and sabotage is suspected. Food is >scarce, and the space city is icing up. > >Bureaucrats direct men and money to the war in space, but meanwhile in the >Workers' Domes, the women develop some surprising strategies. > >A cheerful cuppa tea and a gossip isn't always what it seems. > >Gillie chats with *Big Barbara*, *Dorothy*, *Rita*, and *Deirdre*, the >computers on the supposedly 'incoruptible' security network. Gillie is no >cyberpunk hacking into the system however, but a new kind of hero, gleeful >in her obscurity. She playfully outwits the authorities while >disconcerting her conformist sister, and confusing her Revolutionary >Marxist friends." ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:43:19 +1000 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Mansoor Rana Subject: Re: BDG: nomination Comments: To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C139A2.598CA800" This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C139A2.598CA800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The story of the author and publisher seems more interesting then the theme of Novel -----Original Message----- From: Angela Barclay [mailto:barclaya@TELUSPLANET.NET] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 12:24 AM To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU Subject: [*FSF-L*] BDG: nomination I am nominating Alice Nunn's _Illicit Passage_ for this next BDG round for several reasons: 1. I ordered a copy through Mysterious Galaxy Books (it crossed the border in no time) and am interested in discussing it with others. 2. We recently had a good discussion on the general list about cyberfeminism and cyber fiction and I thought members might be interested in reading some feminist cyberpunk. 3. 18 of our members already have the book; 10 copies are still available from Mysterious Galaxy and it sounds like many more copies can be purchased from the author herself. ISBN: 1 875274 09 Below is the original email we received about the book. >Some time ago, on this list there was some discussion of Alice Nunn's 1992 >novel - 'Illicit Passage' - which unfortunately went out of print when the >publisher went out of business. > . . . the author . . . apparently chose to take >the remaining few hundred trade paperback copies when the publisher folded, >and they remain sitting in her shed:) It was originally retailed at around >Aus$15 - but Alice has been selling a few locally, and by postage through >word-of-mouth at Aus$5 plus p&h for some time. > >However, she would be happy to offload larger numbers than the occasional >one or two, if there is any interest - particularly as the Australian >dollar is so cheap at the moment, I thought I would mention it here on this >list if there are any booksellers who would like to order a consignment, or >even just individual fans who would like a copy? >For those who aren't aware of the book:I would recommend it - its a scream, >very witty and a lot of fun, with a very distinctive Australian "flavour":) >For those interested in feminist cyberpunk - *Illicit Passage* comes close >- but with a few 'twists':)) > >" Illicit Passage " - by Alice Nunn, 1992 - Women's Redress Press > >The blurb for the book is: > >" The year is 2101 and the space habitat colony of Anastasia Union is under >siege. Systems are breaking down and sabotage is suspected. Food is >scarce, and the space city is icing up. > >Bureaucrats direct men and money to the war in space, but meanwhile in the >Workers' Domes, the women develop some surprising strategies. > >A cheerful cuppa tea and a gossip isn't always what it seems. > >Gillie chats with *Big Barbara*, *Dorothy*, *Rita*, and *Deirdre*, the >computers on the supposedly 'incoruptible' security network. Gillie is no >cyberpunk hacking into the system however, but a new kind of hero, gleeful >in her obscurity. She playfully outwits the authorities while >disconcerting her conformist sister, and confusing her Revolutionary >Marxist friends." ------_=_NextPart_001_01C139A2.598CA800 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" RE: [*FSF-L*] BDG: nomination

The story of the author and publisher seems more interesting then the theme of Novel
-----Original Message-----
From: Angela Barclay [mailto:barclaya@TELUSPLANET.NET]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 12:24 AM
To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU
Subject: [*FSF-L*] BDG: nomination


I am nominating Alice Nunn's _Illicit Passage_ for this next BDG round for
several reasons:
1.  I ordered a copy through Mysterious Galaxy Books (it crossed the border
in no time) and am interested in discussing it with others.
2.  We recently had a good discussion on the general list about
cyberfeminism and cyber fiction and I thought members might be interested in
reading some feminist cyberpunk.
3.  18 of our members already have the book; 10 copies are still available
from Mysterious Galaxy and it sounds like many more copies can be purchased
from the author herself.

ISBN: 1 875274 09

Below is the original email we received about the book.


>Some time ago, on this list there was some discussion of Alice Nunn's 1992
>novel - 'Illicit Passage' - which unfortunately went out of print when the
>publisher went out of business.
>
. . . the author . . . apparently chose to take
>the remaining few hundred trade paperback copies when the publisher folded,
>and they remain sitting in her shed:)  It was originally retailed at around
>Aus$15 - but Alice has been selling a few locally, and by postage through
>word-of-mouth at Aus$5 plus p&h for some time.
>
>However, she would be happy to offload larger numbers than the occasional
>one or two, if there is any interest - particularly as the Australian
>dollar is so cheap at the moment, I thought I would mention it here on this
>list if there are any booksellers who would like to order a consignment, or
>even just individual fans who would like a copy?

>For those who aren't aware of the book:I would recommend it - its a scream,
>very witty and a lot of fun, with a very distinctive Australian "flavour":)
>For those interested in feminist cyberpunk - *Illicit Passage* comes close
>- but with a few 'twists':))
>
>" Illicit Passage " - by Alice Nunn, 1992 - Women's Redress Press
>
>The blurb for the book is:
>
>" The year is 2101 and the space habitat colony of Anastasia Union is under
>siege. Systems are breaking down and sabotage is suspected.   Food is
>scarce, and the space city is icing up.
>
>Bureaucrats direct men and money to the war in space, but meanwhile in the
>Workers' Domes, the women develop some surprising strategies.
>
>A cheerful cuppa tea and a gossip isn't always what it seems.
>
>Gillie chats with *Big Barbara*,  *Dorothy*,  *Rita*,  and *Deirdre*, the
>computers on the supposedly 'incoruptible' security network.  Gillie is no
>cyberpunk hacking into the system however, but a new kind of hero, gleeful
>in her obscurity.  She playfully outwits the authorities while
>disconcerting her conformist sister, and confusing her Revolutionary
>Marxist friends."

------_=_NextPart_001_01C139A2.598CA800-- ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:31:18 +1000 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Julieanne Le Comte Subject: BDG: nomination Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC , feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For the first time I am nominating a book I disliked, mainly because it purports to be strongly feminist, in a futuristic world that is described as 'Political Correctness gone mad'. Nonetheless, this book has been one of the most disturbing & uncomfortable I have ever read, staying with me for years after I first read it. Consequently, I suspect it would raise some interesting discussion, and I would like to hear other views on the book if its nomination is successful. "The Rainbow Cadenza" by J. Neil Schulman (Paperback - July 1999) 1999 Reprint edition, with supplementary commentary included, not found in original 1983 edition. Won the Prometheus Award for innovation in libertarian fiction - 1984. Amazon.com price: $US19.25 There are reviews and plot synopsis available at amazon. One is pasted below: The World Was Finally Politically Correct! The People Who Care have remade the earth in their image, and it's an earthly paradise. War, hunger, racism, nationalism, random crime and violence, and most diseases have been conquered. Humanity is joined together under a single, popularly-elected world government. If you even want to find a gun anywhere on earth, you'd probably have to look in a museum. Technology is tamed to the needs of humankind, rather than despoiling the earth. Gay men and lesbians are not only just tolerated at the fringes of society, but are among its most powerful and respected members. Gay marriage is an institution as normal as any other marriage. Women are more politically powerful than at any time in human history. Abortion is freely available to any woman who wants it. The First Lady is Head of State. So why isn't everything perfect for everyone? Who are the new underclass called Touchables, and why are they hunted for sport? What social problems has cloning human beings created, and why are clones treated as inferior? Why do men outnumber women seven-to-one? And why are teenaged women being drafted into government sexual service for three years? This novel is the story of Joan Darris, a brilliant young artist in the medium of laser concerts. Is it her destiny to play music for men's eyes, or to make herself a plaything for their desires? Why does her love for her mother threaten to subject her to three years of legalized rape, and why does her family--the very politics on Earth in her time--tell her it's her duty to comply? How does the murder she witnessed at five years old make legalized rape seem the lesser of evils twelve years later--and how does the lingering horror of that murder threaten not only to rob her of her artistic triumph but threaten the life of a man she loves but who can't give himself to her without betraying everything he believes in? Joan Darris's world is an Earth with Marnies who hunt Touchables, with Gaylords and with televised trials that sentence resisters to death in microwave ovens--an Earth that has eliminated war, but which has found new outlets for violence. Is this book just a cheap science-fiction soap opera? Or one of the best novels ever written? It's been called both. Some women say it's the best feminist book they've ever read. It leaves others cold to the core. How will it affect you? You'll have to read it to find out. 'The book left me feeling for three days that I wished I'd been born without a penis.' --Larry Niven '[I]n The Rainbow Cadenza, J. Neil Schulman has touched yet another nerve. The damn book haunted me for days after I read it. ... J. Neil Schulman has given us not only a fine story but a great deal to think about -- perhaps especially if we think ourselves sexually unprejudiced.' --Poul Anderson, Reason Magazine This message was sent through MyMail http://www.mymail.com.au ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:50:34 -0500 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Robin Reid Subject: Re: Louis McMaster Bujold Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Dear Maire: In the back of all her novels (at least in the editions I have), Bujold gives a chronology of her future history, a chronology of Cordelia and Miles' lives, and what books the texts appear in. The books are not written in nor published in the order of events in their lives (and given that some of them are collections of novellas, the events may not be chronological even within the "book"). On another note, I just bought her newest book, a fantasy, spacing out on the name; although I was a bit disappointed not to have the next novel after CIVIL CAMPAIGN, I started reading it one evening and could NOT put it down until I finished LATE that night. Highly recommended (I wasn't too fond of her earlier fantasy SPIRIT RING). Robin At 12:51 AM 09/10/2001 +1000, you wrote: >Does anyone know a site that lists the order that the Miles books hsould >be read? I have read Cordelia's Honor, and I *think* that the next book is >Young Miles. Also, does anyone know offhand whether she wrote the books in >chronological order? Or does the publication order not correspond with the >chronology in Miles' world (s)? >Thanks heaps all >Maire > >Currently Reading: Red Dust by Paul J. McAuley; The Eyre Affair by Jasper >Fforde >Just Read: Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. McHugh; Neverwhere by Neil >Gaiman; Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson; > ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 23:57:02 +1000 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Maire Subject: Re: Louis McMaster Bujold Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20010910084825.0097bf00@etsuodt.tamu-commerce.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks so much Robin! Now that you mention it- I do remember there being a time-line inside Cordelia's Honor.. duh! I think the new fantasy you are referring to is Curse of the Chalion, or similar. I have it on order from my library (or rather, they have it on order, I have it reserved) so I cant wait for that one, I must say that comments on it have been very very positive across the board, through all sorts of reading tastes..(in other words, on all the different lists i am on, people have loved it). Has another Vorkosigan book been released after civil Campaign? Shows the atention I have been paying... Thanks again, Maire Currently Reading: Red Dust by Paul J. McAuley; The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Just Read: Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. McHugh; Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman; Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson; > -----Original Message----- > From: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC > [mailto:feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU]On Behalf Of Robin Reid > Sent: Monday, 10 September 2001 11:51 PM > To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU > Subject: Re: [*FSF-L*] Louis McMaster Bujold > > > Dear Maire: In the back of all her novels (at least in the editions I > have), Bujold gives a chronology of her future history, a chronology of > Cordelia and Miles' lives, and what books the texts appear in. The books > are not written in nor published in the order of events in their > lives (and > given that some of them are collections of novellas, the events may not be > chronological even within the "book"). > > On another note, I just bought her newest book, a fantasy, spacing out on > the name; although I was a bit disappointed not to have the next novel > after CIVIL CAMPAIGN, I started reading it one evening and could > NOT put it > down until I finished LATE that night. Highly recommended (I wasn't too > fond of her earlier fantasy SPIRIT RING). > > Robin > > > At 12:51 AM 09/10/2001 +1000, you wrote: > >Does anyone know a site that lists the order that the Miles books hsould > >be read? I have read Cordelia's Honor, and I *think* that the > next book is > >Young Miles. Also, does anyone know offhand whether she wrote > the books in > >chronological order? Or does the publication order not > correspond with the > >chronology in Miles' world (s)? > >Thanks heaps all > >Maire > > > >Currently Reading: Red Dust by Paul J. McAuley; The Eyre Affair by Jasper > >Fforde > >Just Read: Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. McHugh; Neverwhere by Neil > >Gaiman; Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson; > > > ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:49:52 -0400 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Terri Subject: Nomination Comments: To: feministsf-lit@uic.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1211985480==_ma============" --============_-1211985480==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" I would like to nominate The Glass Harmonica by Louise Marley, ISBN 0-441-00836-4, $6.99U.S. This review (which goes on and on, but is intriguing) is from AMAZON: Amazon.com Marley's genre-crossing tale of music and healing is built, literally, around the human bones found beneath Benjamin Franklin's London abode. Eilish Eam, an Irish orphan from Seven Dials, is saved from a life of squalor when Franklin hears her playing musical glasses on the street. Eilish is taken into Franklin's household to help tune, and then to play, his latest invention--the glass harmonica. But though Eilish is enamored of the instrument, enjoys the comfort of Franklin's house, and delights in a friendship with renowned harpsichordist Marianne Davies, she cannot divorce herself from her past or the handicapped child, Mackie, whom she left behind. Complementing Eilish's tale is that of Erin Rushton. Erin is a musical prodigy, the greatest contemporary player of the glass harmonica--an instrument that, in 2018, has become fashionable again due to the wave of nostalgia sweeping the country. Erin's America is the product of civility laws run amok. Cities have been "reclaimed"--and very nearly turned into theme parks of the past--while the unsightly poor have been removed to vast tent cities. Erin has recently been troubled by an apparition, first seen when she plays Franklin's original harmonica in Boston. To add to her stress, Erin's twin brother, stricken by a neurological disorder and wheelchair-bound since childhood, has recently begun an experimental and potentially dangerous therapy under the direction of Gene Berrick, a young doctor struggling to overcome the taint of his tent-city upbringing. As the tale progresses, Eilish and Erin glimpse each other more frequently, at first fearfully, and later affectionately, as they help each other understand the healing properties of their instrument. It's been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture, but Marley's background as an opera singer informs the rehearsal and concert scenes with great vitality. Marley has packed The Glass Harmonica with enough ideas for several novels. She has intriguing things to say about the relationships between music, emotion, and health, and about the seemingly unbridgeable gap between privilege and poverty; but these parts somehow fail to make up a satisfying whole, and leave many questions--particularly about Erin's world--unanswered. --Eddy Avery --This text refers to the Paperback edition. --============_-1211985480==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Nomination
I would like to nominate The Glass Harmonica  by Louise
Marley, ISBN 0-441-00836-4, $6.99U.S.
 
This review (which goes on and on, but is intriguing) is from AMAZON:

Amazon.com
Marley's genre-crossing tale of music and healing is built, literally, around the human bones found beneath Benjamin Franklin's London abode. Eilish Eam, an Irish orphan from Seven Dials, is saved from a life of squalor when Franklin hears her playing musical glasses on the street. Eilish is taken into Franklin's household to help tune, and then to play, his latest invention--the glass harmonica. But though Eilish is enamored of the instrument, enjoys the comfort of Franklin's house, and delights in a friendship with renowned harpsichordist Marianne Davies, she cannot divorce herself from her past or the handicapped child, Mackie, whom she left behind.

Complementing Eilish's tale is that of Erin Rushton. Erin is a musical prodigy, the greatest contemporary player of the glass harmonica--an instrument that, in 2018, has become fashionable again due to the wave of nostalgia sweeping the country. Erin's America is the product of civility laws run amok. Cities have been "reclaimed"--and very nearly turned into theme parks of the past--while the unsightly poor have been removed to vast tent cities.

Erin has recently been troubled by an apparition, first seen when she plays Franklin's original harmonica in Boston. To add to her stress, Erin's twin brother, stricken by a neurological disorder and wheelchair-bound since childhood, has recently begun an experimental and potentially dangerous therapy under the direction of Gene Berrick, a young doctor struggling to overcome the taint of his tent-city upbringing.

As the tale progresses, Eilish and Erin glimpse each other more frequently, at first fearfully, and later affectionately, as they help each other understand the healing properties of their instrument.

It's been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture, but Marley's background as an opera singer informs the rehearsal and concert scenes with great vitality.

Marley has packed The Glass Harmonica with enough ideas for several novels. She has intriguing things to say about the relationships between music, emotion, and health, and about the seemingly unbridgeable gap between privilege and poverty; but these parts somehow fail to make up a satisfying whole, and leave many questions--particularly about Erin's world--unanswered. --Eddy Avery --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
--============_-1211985480==_ma============-- ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:16:40 -0500 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Robin Reid Subject: Re: Louis McMaster Bujold Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >I think the new fantasy you are referring to is Curse of the Chalion, or >similar. I have it on order from my library (or rather, they have it on >order, I have it reserved) so I cant wait for that one, I must say that >comments on it have been very very positive across the board, through all >sorts of reading tastes..(in other words, on all the different lists i am >on, people have loved it). I won't spoil anything for you, but yes, I loved it and plan to reread soon! It's great! >Has another Vorkosigan book been released after civil Campaign? Shows the >atention I have been paying... Nope, it was just I was HOPING her new one would be in the Vorkosigan series and take up the events after CC...I'm going crazy! Robin >Thanks again, >Maire > >Currently Reading: Red Dust by Paul J. McAuley; The Eyre Affair by Jasper >Fforde >Just Read: Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. McHugh; Neverwhere by Neil >Gaiman; Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson; > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC > > [mailto:feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU]On Behalf Of Robin Reid > > Sent: Monday, 10 September 2001 11:51 PM > > To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU > > Subject: Re: [*FSF-L*] Louis McMaster Bujold > > > > > > Dear Maire: In the back of all her novels (at least in the editions I > > have), Bujold gives a chronology of her future history, a chronology of > > Cordelia and Miles' lives, and what books the texts appear in. The books > > are not written in nor published in the order of events in their > > lives (and > > given that some of them are collections of novellas, the events may not be > > chronological even within the "book"). > > > > On another note, I just bought her newest book, a fantasy, spacing out on > > the name; although I was a bit disappointed not to have the next novel > > after CIVIL CAMPAIGN, I started reading it one evening and could > > NOT put it > > down until I finished LATE that night. Highly recommended (I wasn't too > > fond of her earlier fantasy SPIRIT RING). > > > > Robin > > > > > > At 12:51 AM 09/10/2001 +1000, you wrote: > > >Does anyone know a site that lists the order that the Miles books hsould > > >be read? I have read Cordelia's Honor, and I *think* that the > > next book is > > >Young Miles. Also, does anyone know offhand whether she wrote > > the books in > > >chronological order? Or does the publication order not > > correspond with the > > >chronology in Miles' world (s)? > > >Thanks heaps all > > >Maire > > > > > >Currently Reading: Red Dust by Paul J. McAuley; The Eyre Affair by Jasper > > >Fforde > > >Just Read: Half the Day is Night by Maureen F. McHugh; Neverwhere by Neil > > >Gaiman; Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson; > > > > > ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:40:11 -0400 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Terri Subject: Nomination #2 Comments: To: feministsf-lit@uic.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1211982478==_ma============" --============_-1211982478==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" I know that we are only supposed to nominate once, but since we have so few choices to pick from this round I thought we could break a rule or two. I am currently reading War of the Oaks, by Emma Bull, and it is really great! This is a reissue of her first novel, (ISBN 0-756-30034-6, $13.95 U.S.). Bull won the Locus Award for first novel for this book, and it was also nominated for the Mythopoeic Society Award. It is a classic of urban fantasy. Terri --============_-1211982478==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Nomination #2
I know that we are only supposed to nominate once, but since
we have so few choices to pick from this round I thought we could
break a rule or two.

I am currently reading  War of the Oaks, by Emma Bull, and it
is really great! This is a reissue of her first novel, (ISBN 0-756-30034-6,
$13.95 U.S.). Bull won the Locus Award for first novel for this book,
and it was also nominated for the Mythopoeic Society Award. It is a classic of urban fantasy.

Terri


--============_-1211982478==_ma============-- ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 02:56:08 +1000 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Maire Subject: Re: Nomination #2 Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0150_01C13A6D.4E5DC920" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0150_01C13A6D.4E5DC920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nomination #2Just wondering if there is a list of nominations anywhere? Maire "I read part of it all the way through." - Samuel Goldwyn -----Original Message----- From: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC [mailto:feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU]On Behalf Of Terri Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2001 2:40 AM To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU Subject: [*FSF-L*] Nomination #2 I know that we are only supposed to nominate once, but since we have so few choices to pick from this round I thought we could break a rule or two. I am currently reading War of the Oaks, by Emma Bull, and it is really great! This is a reissue of her first novel, (ISBN 0-756-30034-6, $13.95 U.S.). Bull won the Locus Award for first novel for this book, and it was also nominated for the Mythopoeic Society Award. It is a classic of urban fantasy. Terri ------=_NextPart_000_0150_01C13A6D.4E5DC920 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nomination #2
Just wondering if=20 there is a list of nominations anywhere?
Maire
 
 

"I read part of it all the way through."

- Samuel Goldwyn

-----Original Message-----
From: Feminist = SF/Fantasy and=20 Utopia Literature ON TOPIC [mailto:feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU]On Behalf = Of=20 Terri
Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2001 2:40 = AM
To:=20 feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU
Subject: [*FSF-L*] Nomination=20 #2

I know that we are only supposed to nominate once, but = since
we have so few choices to pick from this round I thought we = could
break a rule or two.

I am currently reading  War of the Oaks, by Emma = Bull, and=20 it
is really great! This is a reissue of her first novel, (ISBN=20 0-756-30034-6,
$13.95 U.S.). Bull won the Locus Award for first novel for this=20 book,
and it was also nominated for the = Mythopoeic=20 Society Award. It is a classic of urban fantasy.

Terri


------=_NextPart_000_0150_01C13A6D.4E5DC920-- ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 03:42:31 +1000 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Maire Subject: Nomination Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0008_01C13A73.C980DC40" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C13A73.C980DC40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I have another recomendation- and general overwhelming recomendation: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Its just brilliant- for anyone who likes quirky spec fic with a strong female protagonist. Kind of ala Connie Willis, Nothing but the dog Keep an eye out for it. Maire http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/034073356X/qid=1000142519/sr=1-1/re f=sr_sp_re/026-5246405-6312456 Pirouetting on the boundaries between sci-fi, the crime thriller and intertextual whimsy, Jasper Fforde's outrageous The Eyre Affairputs you on the wrong footing even on its dedication page, which proudly announces that the book conforms to Crimean War economy standard. Fforde's heroine, Thursday Next, lives in a world where time and reality are endlessly mutable--someone has ensured that the Crimean War never ended for example--a world policed by men like her disgraced father, whose name has been edited out of existence. She herself polices text--against men like the Moriarty-like Acheron Styx, whose current scam is to hold the minor characters of Dickens' novels to ransom, entering the manuscript and abducting them for execution and extinction one by one. When that caper goes sour, Styx moves on to the nation's most beloved novel--an oddly truncated version of Jane Eyre--and kidnaps its heroine. The phlegmatic and resourceful Thursday pursues Acheron across the border into a Leninist Wales and further to Mr Rochester's Thornfield Hall, where both books find their climax on the roof amid flames. Fforde is endlessly inventive: his heroine's utter unconcern about the strangeness of the world she inhabits keeps the reader perpetually double-taking as minor certainties of history, literature and cuisine go soggy in the corner of our eye. The audacity of the premise and its working out provides sudden leaps of understanding, many of them accompanied by wild fits of the giggles. This is a peculiarly promising first novel. --Roz Kaveney The Times 'The reader is catapulted in and out of truth and imagination on a hectic, humorous and neatly constructed chase^Ò "I read part of it all the way through." - Samuel Goldwyn ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C13A73.C980DC40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I have = another=20 recomendation- and general overwhelming = recomendation:
 
The = Eyre Affair by=20 Jasper Fforde
Its = just brilliant-=20 for anyone who likes quirky spec fic with a strong female protagonist. = Kind of=20 ala Connie Willis, Nothing but the dog
Keep = an eye out for=20 it.
Maire
 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/= exec/obidos/ASIN/034073356X/qid=3D1000142519/sr=3D1-1/ref=3Dsr_sp_re/026-= 5246405-6312456
Pirouetting on the boundaries between = sci-fi, the=20 crime thriller and intertextual whimsy, Jasper Fforde's outrageous = The Eyre=20 Affairputs you on the wrong footing even on its dedication page, = which=20 proudly announces that the book conforms to Crimean War economy = standard.=20

Fforde's heroine, Thursday Next, lives in a world where time and = reality are=20 endlessly mutable--someone has ensured that the Crimean War never ended = for=20 example--a world policed by men like her disgraced father, whose name = has been=20 edited out of existence. She herself polices text--against men like the=20 Moriarty-like Acheron Styx, whose current scam is to hold the minor = characters=20 of Dickens' novels to ransom, entering the manuscript and abducting them = for=20 execution and extinction one by one. When that caper goes sour, Styx = moves on to=20 the nation's most beloved novel--an oddly truncated version of Jane=20 Eyre--and kidnaps its heroine. The phlegmatic and resourceful = Thursday=20 pursues Acheron across the border into a Leninist Wales and further to = Mr=20 Rochester's Thornfield Hall, where both books find their climax on the = roof amid=20 flames.=20

Fforde is endlessly inventive: his heroine's utter unconcern about = the=20 strangeness of the world she inhabits keeps the reader perpetually = double-taking=20 as minor certainties of history, literature and cuisine go soggy in the = corner=20 of our eye. The audacity of the premise and its working out provides = sudden=20 leaps of understanding, many of them accompanied by wild fits of the = giggles.=20 This is a peculiarly promising first novel. --Roz Kaveney=20

The Times
'The = reader is=20 catapulted in and out of truth and imagination on a hectic, humorous and = neatly=20 constructed chase’

"I read part of it all the way through."

- Samuel Goldwyn

 
------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C13A73.C980DC40-- ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:04:07 -0400 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Tracy A Mitchell Subject: BDG: nomination Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I'd like to nominate: Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley, Doug Beekman 2000 Lambda Literary Awards Winner for Science Fiction/Fantasy http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1892065169/qid%3D1000144736/104-0171931-8775940 Thanks, Tracy ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:12:42 -0400 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Terri Subject: Nomination Comments: To: feministsf-lit@uic.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1211976927==_ma============" --============_-1211976927==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" I would like to also nominate The Glass Harmonica by Louise Marley, ISBN 0-441-00836-4, $6.99 U.S. This review is from AMAZON: Amazon.com Marley's genre-crossing tale of music and healing is built, literally, around the human bones found beneath Benjamin Franklin's London abode. Eilish Eam, an Irish orphan from Seven Dials, is saved from a life of squalor when Franklin hears her playing musical glasses on the street. Eilish is taken into Franklin's household to help tune, and then to play, his latest invention--the glass harmonica. But though Eilish is enamored of the instrument, enjoys the comfort of Franklin's house, and delights in a friendship with renowned harpsichordist Marianne Davies, she cannot divorce herself from her past or the handicapped child, Mackie, whom she left behind. Complementing Eilish's tale is that of Erin Rushton. Erin is a musical prodigy, the greatest contemporary player of the glass harmonica--an instrument that, in 2018, has become fashionable again due to the wave of nostalgia sweeping the country. Erin's America is the product of civility laws run amok. Cities have been "reclaimed"--and very nearly turned into theme parks of the past--while the unsightly poor have been removed to vast tent cities. Erin has recently been troubled by an apparition, first seen when she plays Franklin's original harmonica in Boston. To add to her stress, Erin's twin brother, stricken by a neurological disorder and wheelchair-bound since childhood, has recently begun an experimental and potentially dangerous therapy under the direction of Gene Berrick, a young doctor struggling to overcome the taint of his tent-city upbringing. --============_-1211976927==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Nomination

I would like to also nominate The Glass Harmonica  by Louise
Marley, ISBN 0-441-00836-4, $6.99 U.S.
 
This review is from AMAZON:

Amazon.com
Marley's genre-crossing tale of music and healing is built, literally, around the human bones found beneath Benjamin Franklin's London abode. Eilish Eam, an Irish orphan from Seven Dials, is saved from a life of squalor when Franklin hears her playing musical glasses on the street. Eilish is taken into Franklin's household to help tune, and then to play, his latest invention--the glass harmonica. But though Eilish is enamored of the instrument, enjoys the comfort of Franklin's house, and delights in a friendship with renowned harpsichordist Marianne Davies, she cannot divorce herself from her past or the handicapped child, Mackie, whom she left behind.

Complementing Eilish's tale is that of Erin Rushton. Erin is a musical prodigy, the greatest contemporary player of the glass harmonica--an instrument that, in 2018, has become fashionable again due to the wave of nostalgia sweeping the country. Erin's America is the product of civility laws run amok. Cities have been "reclaimed"--and very nearly turned into theme parks of the past--while the unsightly poor have been removed to vast tent cities.
Erin has recently been troubled by an apparition, first seen when she plays Franklin's original harmonica in Boston. To add to her stress, Erin's twin brother, stricken by a neurological disorder and wheelchair-bound since childhood, has recently begun an experimental and potentially dangerous therapy under the direction of Gene Berrick, a young doctor struggling to overcome the taint of his tent-city upbringing.
--============_-1211976927==_ma============-- ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:08:06 -0700 Reply-To: publicity@mystgalaxy.com Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Maryelizabeth Hart Organization: Mysterious Galaxy Subject: BDG nomination Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Something that caught my eye, I'm nominating it without much info other than contents since it's brand spankin new... A WOMAN'S LIBERATION: A CHOICE OF FUTURES BY AND ABOUT WOMEN ed. Connie Willis and Sheila Williams Contributors: Nancy Kress, Connie Willis, Sarah Zettel, Pat Murphy, Vonda McIntyre, S.N. Dyer, Katherine MacLean, Octavia Butler, Anne McCaffrey, and Ursula Ld Guin. Collected stories written between 1966 and 1995, all previously published. Warner Aspect trade paperback. 0446677426 $12.95 Maryelizabeth -- ******************************************************************* Mysterious Galaxy Books Local Phone: 858.268.4747 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite 302 Fax: 858.268.4775 San Diego, CA 92111 Long Distance/Orders: 1.800.811.4747 http://www.mystgalaxy.com General Email: mgbooks@mystgalaxy.com ******************************************************************* ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:26:22 -0400 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Tracy A Mitchell Subject: Nomination #2 Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I'd also like to nominate: Accidental Creatures by Anne Harris - 1998 (if I can't noninate 2 books, this is my #1 Choice) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312875606/qid=1000145486/sr=1-2/ref=sc_b_2/104-0171931-8775940 Amazon.com Anne Harris's second novel welcomes readers to the Detroit of the future--a city of extreme poverty and extravagant wealth, were every life is overshadowed by the megalithic biotech corporation GeneSys. With the rise of maglev transportation and the death of the auto industry, the name Motor City has become an anachronism. There are no jobs except GeneSys jobs. One can either pass an exam and obtain an office job at GeneSys headquarters or work in the dangerous biopolymer-growing vats in Vattown. Chango Chichelski, a sport (a mutant from exposure to lethal growth medium in the vats) with a passionate love of the Detroit of her grandmother's stories, chooses instead to fall through the cracks. Chango lives in an ancient motor car and spends her time haunting (and committing to memory) buildings slated for demolition. Her life changes when she rescues, and then falls in love with, a fanged and four-armed sport named Helix. Helix is the adopted daughter of Hector Martin, the brilliant but emotionally unstable head scientist at GeneSys. Weary of her isolated life, Helix flees into Vattown, intending to become a vat diver. But her plan is opposed by Chango, whose union-organizer sister Ada died after contact with the vat's growth medium, and by the vat divers themselves, who refuse to accept a sport within their ranks. Accidental Creatures is an action-packed tale full of intrigue, betrayals, and flashy characters. Interestingly, the sports of the Vattown underworld--drug dealers, junk artists, and healers--look positively normal compared to GeneSys's corporate denizens, who scream, cry, fight, and lie outrageously to retain or advance their positions in the corporate hierarchy. Harris's writing style is not for everybody (for instance, readers allergic to comma splices should approach with caution). But for the less grammatically persnickety, Accidental Creatures may prove to be a rewarding tale of outsiders and identity. --Eddy Avery Tracy ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 22:50:39 +0200 Reply-To: p.mayerhofer@web.de Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Petra Mayerhofer Subject: BDG Intermediate Nomination List 2 Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thank you to the nominators for their suggestions. By now, we have 7 nominations (see list below). 1 or 2 more would be great as we are going to select 4 books. Books can still be nominated today. The comments and reviews can be looked up at http://www.geocities.com/bdg_volunteers/bdg_nom_0901.htm . Petra -- Petra Mayerhofer p.mayerhofer@web.de Website of Book Discussion Group on feminist sf www.geocities.com/bdg_volunteers/ Books nominated so far: * Catherine Asaro: The Last Hawk. Paperback ISBN 081255109 doherty Tome Associates, LLC October 1998. $8.00 * Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale. Anchor Books; ISBN: 038549081X List Price: $12.95 * Jim Grimsley, Doug Beekman: Kirith Kirin. List Price: $16.00, Paperback - 456 pages 1 edition (May 15, 2000), Meisha Merlin Publishing; ISBN: 1892065169 * Alice Nunn: Illicit Passage. ISBN: 1 875274 09. Concerning ordering see below * J. Neil Schulman: The Rainbow Cadenza. (Paperback - July 1999) 1999 Reprint edition, with supplementary commentary included, not found in original 1983 edition. List Price: $27.50, Amazon.com price: $US19.25 * Starhawk: The Fifth Sacred Thing. Trade paperback. Bantam Doubleday Dell. July 1994. ISBN 0553373803. List Price: $15.95. * Sarah Zettel: Playing God. Mass Market Paperback - 448 pages (November 1999), Warner Books; ISBN: 0446607584; List Price: $6.99 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:31:20 -0700 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Cera Kruger Subject: Re: Louis McMaster Bujold Comments: To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU In-Reply-To: from "Maire" at Sep 10, 2001 11:57:02 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Maire writes: > >Thanks so much Robin! Now that you mention it- I do remember there being a >time-line inside Cordelia's Honor.. duh! >I think the new fantasy you are referring to is Curse of the Chalion, or >similar. I have it on order from my library (or rather, they have it on >order, I have it reserved) so I cant wait for that one, I must say that >comments on it have been very very positive across the board, through all >sorts of reading tastes..(in other words, on all the different lists i am >on, people have loved it). It was a *fabulous* book. It's interesting to see all the craftsmanship she's learned from the Miles books applied to an entirely new world -- it works much better than the Spirit Ring did. -- Cera -- Cera Kruger -++- diony@idiom.com -+- http://www.requiem.com -++- SFLAaE/BS "And it's alright if you hate that way / hate me cause I'm different / hate me cause I'm gay / Truth of the matter come around one day / so it's alright." -- Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls' _Shaming of the Sun_) ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 18:49:33 -0500 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Robin Reid Subject: Re: Louis McMaster Bujold Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC In-Reply-To: <200109102331.QAA88629@idiom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >It was a *fabulous* book. It's interesting to see all the craftsmanship >she's learned from the Miles books applied to an entirely new world -- >it works much better than the Spirit Ring did. > > >-- Cera And she keeps her main principle: throwing the worst possible thing that could happen at her protagonist to see what he'll (in this case) do! In this case, everything he fears and wants to avoid just keeps coming at him! And you're right, it's beautifully crafted. Robin ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:21:14 +0200 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Petra Mayerhofer Organization: http://freemail.web.de/ Subject: Maire's BDG nomination Comments: To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Maire nominated: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Sorry, this nomination cannot be accepted. This book is only available in HARDCOVER (and that only in the UK). For the BDG only paperbacks can be nominated to keep it feasible for most (all?) people. Two general remarks to all: 1. Please add publisher, list price and similar information to your nominations. 2. You can nominate as many books as you like (the one book per nominator rule was abandoned 2 selection rounds ago), just remember to add the publisher, etc. and check availability first. When I get home tonight (German time) I will finalize the nomination list. The version from last night you can look up at http://www.geocities.com/bdg_volunteers/bdg_nom_0901.htm The nomination and selection procedure is described at http://www.geocities.com/bdg_volunteers/bdg_selection.html Petra _______________________________________________________________________ 1.000.000 DM gewinnen - kostenlos tippen - http://millionenklick.web.de IhrName@web.de, 8MB Speicher, Verschluesselung - http://freemail.web.de ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 22:43:47 +1000 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Maire Subject: Re: Maire's BDG nomination Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC In-Reply-To: <200109111221.f8BCLEx05205@mailgate5.cinetic.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have the book in PB, bought in Aus Maire "I read part of it all the way through." - Samuel Goldwyn > -----Original Message----- > From: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC > [mailto:feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU]On Behalf Of Petra Mayerhofer > Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2001 10:21 PM > To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU > Subject: [*FSF-L*] Maire's BDG nomination > > > Maire nominated: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde > > Sorry, this nomination cannot be accepted. This book is only > available in HARDCOVER (and that only in the UK). For the BDG > only paperbacks can be nominated to keep it feasible for most > (all?) people. > > Two general remarks to all: > > 1. Please add publisher, list price and similar information to > your nominations. > > 2. You can nominate as many books as you like (the one book per > nominator rule was abandoned 2 selection rounds ago), just > remember to add the publisher, etc. and check availability first. > > When I get home tonight (German time) I will finalize the > nomination list. The version from last night you can look up at > http://www.geocities.com/bdg_volunteers/bdg_nom_0901.htm > > The nomination and selection procedure is described at > http://www.geocities.com/bdg_volunteers/bdg_selection.html > > Petra > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > 1.000.000 DM gewinnen - kostenlos tippen - http://millionenklick.web.de > IhrName@web.de, 8MB Speicher, Verschluesselung - http://freemail.web.de ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 22:43:45 +1000 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Maire Subject: Re: Maire's BDG nomination Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC In-Reply-To: <200109111221.f8BCLEx05205@mailgate5.cinetic.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have the book in paperback Maire "I read part of it all the way through." - Samuel Goldwyn > -----Original Message----- > From: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC > [mailto:feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU]On Behalf Of Petra Mayerhofer > Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2001 10:21 PM > To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU > Subject: [*FSF-L*] Maire's BDG nomination > > > Maire nominated: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde > > Sorry, this nomination cannot be accepted. This book is only > available in HARDCOVER (and that only in the UK). For the BDG > only paperbacks can be nominated to keep it feasible for most > (all?) people. > > Two general remarks to all: > > 1. Please add publisher, list price and similar information to > your nominations. > > 2. You can nominate as many books as you like (the one book per > nominator rule was abandoned 2 selection rounds ago), just > remember to add the publisher, etc. and check availability first. > > When I get home tonight (German time) I will finalize the > nomination list. The version from last night you can look up at > http://www.geocities.com/bdg_volunteers/bdg_nom_0901.htm > > The nomination and selection procedure is described at > http://www.geocities.com/bdg_volunteers/bdg_selection.html > > Petra > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > 1.000.000 DM gewinnen - kostenlos tippen - http://millionenklick.web.de > IhrName@web.de, 8MB Speicher, Verschluesselung - http://freemail.web.de ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 22:46:45 +1000 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Maire Subject: Re: Maire's BDG nomination Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Also- I never inclide the publisher info cause I am in Aus, and I dont know the US info, and figure the Aus stuff isnt useful Maire "I read part of it all the way through." - Samuel Goldwyn > -----Original Message----- > From: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC > [mailto:feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU]On Behalf Of Maire > Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2001 10:44 PM > To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU > Subject: Re: [*FSF-L*] Maire's BDG nomination > > > I have the book in PB, bought in Aus > Maire > > "I read part of it all the way through." > > - Samuel Goldwyn > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC > > [mailto:feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU]On Behalf Of Petra Mayerhofer > > Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2001 10:21 PM > > To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU > > Subject: [*FSF-L*] Maire's BDG nomination > > > > > > Maire nominated: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde > > > > Sorry, this nomination cannot be accepted. This book is only > > available in HARDCOVER (and that only in the UK). For the BDG > > only paperbacks can be nominated to keep it feasible for most > > (all?) people. > > > > Two general remarks to all: > > > > 1. Please add publisher, list price and similar information to > > your nominations. > > > > 2. You can nominate as many books as you like (the one book per > > nominator rule was abandoned 2 selection rounds ago), just > > remember to add the publisher, etc. and check availability first. > > > > When I get home tonight (German time) I will finalize the > > nomination list. The version from last night you can look up at > > http://www.geocities.com/bdg_volunteers/bdg_nom_0901.htm > > > > The nomination and selection procedure is described at > > http://www.geocities.com/bdg_volunteers/bdg_selection.html > > > > Petra > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > 1.000.000 DM gewinnen - kostenlos tippen - http://millionenklick.web.de > > IhrName@web.de, 8MB Speicher, Verschluesselung - http://freemail.web.de ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 20:51:40 +0200 Reply-To: p.mayerhofer@web.de Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Petra Mayerhofer Subject: BDG Nomination Period is CLOSED Comments: To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU In-Reply-To: <000d01c137d3$ba177090$7166e2c3@pc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The nomination period for the BDG selection is closed. 11 books have been nominated (see list below). Thank you to all nominators for their suggestions. The comments and reviews can be looked up at http://www.geocities.com/bdg_volunteers/bdg_nom_0901.htm . The following message I've sent this afternoon but did not get back from the list. Therefore I repeat it here: "Maire nominated: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Sorry, this nomination cannot be accepted. This book is only available in HARDCOVER (and that only in the UK). For the BDG only paperbacks can be nominated to keep it feasible for most (all?) people." Normally, we would proceed to the selection that is handled by Terri Wakefield [terriergraphics@CYBERTOURS.COM]. However, I am rather shocked about the terrorist attacks in the US and I imagine that other list members have similar feelings. Therefore I suggest to wait for a few days with this part and continue, let's say, on Friday. I wish you all the best. Petra Nominations: Catherine Asaro: The Last Hawk. Paperback ISBN 081255109 doherty Tome Associates, LLC October 1998. $8.00 Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale. Anchor Books; ISBN: 038549081X List Price: $12.95 Emma Bull: War for the Oaks. List Price: $13.95, Paperback - 320 pages (July 2001), Tor Books; ISBN: 0765300346 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.92 x 8.25 x 5.55 Jim Grimsley, Doug Beekman: Kirith Kirin. List Price: $16.00, Paperback - 456 pages 1 edition (May 15, 2000), Meisha Merlin Publishing; ISBN: 1892065169 Anne Harris: Accidental Creatures. List Price: $14.95, Paperback - 288 pages (October 2000), Tor Books; ISBN: 0312875606 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 8.20 x 5.44 Louise Marley: The Glass Harmonica. List Price: $6.99, Mass Market Paperback - 384 pages Reissue edition (August 1, 2001), Ace Books; ISBN: 0441008364 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.08 x 6.79 x 4.26 Alice Nunn: Illicit Passage. ISBN: 1 875274 09. On how to order see below J. Neil Schulman: The Rainbow Cadenza. (Paperback - July 1999) 1999 Reprint edition, with supplementary commentary included, not found in original 1983 edition. List Price: $27.50, Amazon.com price: $US19.25 Starhawk: The Fifth Sacred Thing. Trade paperback. Bantam Doubleday Dell. July 1994. ISBN 0553373803. List Price: $15.95. Connie Willis, Sheila Williams (Editors): A Woman's Liberation : A Choice of Futures by and About Women. List Price: $12.95, Paperback - 320 pages (October 2001), Aspect; ISBN: 0446677426 Sarah Zettel: Playing God. Mass Market Paperback - 448 pages (November 1999), Warner Books; ISBN: 0446607584; List Price: $6.99 -- Petra Mayerhofer p.mayerhofer@web.de Website of Book Discussion Group on feminist sf www.geocities.com/bdg_volunteers/ ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 20:50:18 -0400 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Terri Subject: BDG Voting Comments: cc: FEMINISTS@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Hi Everyone! Please send your votes for your FOUR (4) choices for the next BDG group read to me at...... NOT TO THE LIST !! You should receive a reply from me within 24 hours that I have received your votes. If you do not receive a confirmation from me, please let me know. We don't want anyone's votes to be lost in cyber space! :o) The voting period is from now until midnight, September21, USA, EDT. The winners will be announced during the following week. The nominated books are listed below. Thanks ! Terri Wakefield Nominations: Catherine Asaro: The Last Hawk. Paperback ISBN 081255109 Doherty Tome Associates, LLC October 1998. $8.00 Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale. Anchor Books; ISBN: 038549081X List Price: $12.95 Emma Bull: War for the Oaks. List Price: $13.95, Paperback - 320 pages (July 2001), Tor Books; ISBN: 0765300346 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.92 x 8.25 x 5.55 Jim Grimsley, Doug Beekman: Kirith Kirin. List Price: $16.00, Paperback - 456 pages 1 edition (May 15, 2000), Meisha Merlin Publishing; ISBN: 1892065169 Anne Harris: Accidental Creatures. List Price: $14.95, Paperback - 288 pages (October 2000), Tor Books; ISBN: 0312875606 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 8.20 x 5.44 Louise Marley: The Glass Harmonica. List Price: $6.99, Mass Market Paperback - 384 pages Reissue edition (August 1, 2001), Ace Books; ISBN: 0441008364 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.08 x 6.79 x 4.26 Alice Nunn: Illicit Passage. ISBN: 1 875274 09. On how to order see below J. Neil Schulman: The Rainbow Cadenza. (Paperback - July 1999) 1999 Reprint edition, with supplementary commentary included, not found in original 1983 edition. List Price: $27.50, Amazon.com price: $US19.25 Starhawk: The Fifth Sacred Thing. Trade paperback. Bantam Doubleday Dell. July 1994. ISBN 0553373803. List Price: $15.95. Connie Willis, Sheila Williams (Editors): A Woman's Liberation : A Choice of Futures by and About Women. List Price: $12.95, Paperback - 320 pages (October 2001), Aspect; ISBN: 0446677426 Sarah Zettel: Playing God. Mass Market Paperback - 448 pages (November 1999), Warner Books; ISBN: 0446607584; List Price: $6.99 More information about nominations can be found at ....... http://www.geocities.com/bdg_volunteers/bdg_nom_0901.htm ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:09:16 -0700 Reply-To: publicity@mystgalaxy.com Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Maryelizabeth Hart Organization: Mysterious Galaxy Subject: October Events at Mysterious Galaxy MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For Immediate Release For more information contact: Mysterious Galaxy mgbooks@mystgalaxy.com http://www.mystgalaxy.com 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302 San Diego, CA 92111 858-268-4747 800-811-4747 858-268-4775 FAX October 2001 Events Seminal Speculative Fiction Author: Ursula Le Guin Title: THE OTHER WIND: AN EARTHSEA NOVEL Description: A fantastic examination of the relationship between magic and death. Event Time: Friday, October 5, 6 PM Event Location: Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center Of Note: This is a ticketed event. Please contact store for details. Best-selling Science Fiction Authors: Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson Title: DUNE: HOUSE CORRINO Description: Duke Leto Atreides and his family are imperiled, and the fate of the universe is at stake. Event Time: Monday, October 8, 7 PM Dark Fantasy Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Title: NARCISSUS IN CHAINS Description: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, returns to St. Louis to battle monsters and her own heart. Event Time: Friday, October 19, 7 PM Horror Author: Douglas Clegg Title: THE INFINITE Description: Clegg wraps up his haunted house trilogy with a bang. Event Time: Saturday, October 27, 7 PM Of Note: Mysterious Galaxy will be holding a movie viewing and pajama party in conjunction with the signing. Please contact store for details. Early November 2001 Events Award Winning SF Author: Vernor Vinge Title: COLLECTED STORIES Description: The first comprehensive collection of short works by San Diego's own Vinge, author of A FIRE UPON THE DEEP. Event Time: Sunday, November 4, 2:30 PM Authors will discuss their work and host a Q&A in addition to signing books. The events are free and open to the public; some signings require tickets as noted. If you are unable to attend, call or email the store to reserve a signed copy. -- ******************************************************************* Mysterious Galaxy Books Local Phone: 858.268.4747 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite 302 Fax: 858.268.4775 San Diego, CA 92111 Long Distance/Orders: 1.800.811.4747 http://www.mystgalaxy.com General Email: mgbooks@mystgalaxy.com *******************************************************************