Subject: File: "FEMINISTSF-LIT LOG0204C" ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:32:09 -0700 Reply-To: publicity@mystgalaxy.com Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Maryelizabeth Hart Organization: Mysterious Galaxy Subject: Wilhelm Novel Wins Spotted Owl Award Comments: To: Fem-SF MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit semi- OT, but worth sharing JJWANDJKW@aol.com wrote: > Friends Of Mystery > P.O. Box 8251 > Portland, Oregon 97207 > 503/241-0759, 503/241-5621 (fax) > www.friendsofmystery.org > Contact: John J. Walsdorf > Program and Publicity Director > JJWANDJKW@aol.com > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > March 21, 2002 > > WILHELM NOVEL RECEIVES 2002 SPOTTED OWL AWARD > > Noted Oregon author Kate Wilhelm has been chosen as the 2002 recipient of the > Friends Of Mystery's heralded Spotted Owl award for her book Desperate > Measures. The book was published in 2001 by St. Martin's Press. > > This annual award was established in 1995. It is given to the best mystery > novel of the year by an author who lives in the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, > British Columbia, Canada, Idaho, Oregon or Washington). Previous winners are > Earl Emerson, John Straley, Tom Mitchelltree and Linda 'L.L.' Thrasher, Lowen > Clausen and Marcia Simpson. > > Desperate Measures in the sixth book in the Barbara Holloway legal mystery > series. The mystery involves the murder of Gus Marchand, a hard-working, > God-fearing, but much disliked man. Without any real evidence linking him to > the crime, the suspicions are cast towards Alex Feldman, a newly > transplanted, but physically deformed young neighbor. At the request of a > fellow attorney, Barbara agrees to defend him. But another suspect is the > local high school principal, who also happens to be an old friend of > Barbara's father, whom he is naturally going to defend. The book evolves > around Barbara trying to defend her client while trying to find out who > really committed the crime. > > Kate Wilhelm is the author of dozens of novels and short story collections. > She is also the recipient of many honors, among them are the Prix Apollo, the > Hugo Award and three Nebula Awards. Born in Ohio and raised in Kentucky, Ms. > Wilhelm now lives in Eugene, Oregon. > > The reader's committee for this year's award evaluated sixty-two books. > Runners up for The Spotted Owl Award were: > > GM Ford for Fury. > Jess Walter for Over Tumbled Graves. > John Saul for The Manhattan Hunt Club. > Marcia Simpson for Sound Tracks. > T.F. Banks for Thief Taker. > Fredrick Huebner for Shades of Justice. > Frank Smith for Thread of Evidence. > Ridley Pearson for Parallel Lies. > Larry Karp for Midnight Special. > > Friends of Mystery is a non-profit literary/educational organization > headquartered in Portland, Oregon. For the past 20 years we have presented > lectures, organized conferences, and sponsored reading groups. We also > publish a regular newsletter. Our purpose is to promote the study and > understanding of mystery literature. -- ******************************************************************* 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: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:26:52 +0100 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Angela Barclay Subject: Native Tongue Comments: To: feministsf-lit@uic.edu Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Dear Discussion Group Members: This is to remind you that we begin discussion of Suzette Haden Elgin's _Native Tongue_ on May 6. I special ordered this novel from my local independent SF & Fantasy Bookstore only to discover (in the eleventh hour) the book is 'not available' in Canada. :`-) I hope you haven't encountered the same problems getting ahold of it. Note: Our June selection is Marge Piercy's _Woman on the Edge of Time_. Below is the description of _Native Tongue_ which appears in the archives. Happy reading, Angela On Behalf of the BDG Committee p.s. check out the new and improved FSFFU website- kudos to whomever slicked it up and streamlined it! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Elgin, Suzette Haden: Native Tongue Nominator: S. McI. Book description from Amazon.com: "First published in 1984, Native Tongue earned wide critical praise and cul= t status, not only among science fiction fans but among followers of women's literature and feminist theory and language buffs of all persuasions. Often compared to the futurist fiction of Margaret Atwood and James Tiptree, Jr., Suzette Haden Elgin's gripping dystopian vision is enlivened and enriched b= y her wry wit, her fierce intellect, and her faith in the subversive power of language and of women's collective action. "Set in the twenty-second century after the repeal of the Nineteenth Amendment, the novel reveals a world where women are once again property, denied civil rights and banned from public life. In this world, Earth's wealth relies on interplanetary commerce, for which the population depends on linguists, a small, clannish group of families whose women breed and become perfect translators of all the galaxies' languages. The linguists wield power, but live in isolated compounds, hated by the population and in fear of class warfare. "But a group of women is destined to challenge the power of men and linguists. Nazareth, the most talented linguist of her family, is exhausted by her constant work translating for the government, supervising the children's language education in the Alien-in-Residence interface chambers, running the compound, and caring for the elderly men. She longs to retire t= o the Barren House, where women past childbearing age knit, chat, and wait to die. What Nazareth does not yet know is that a clandestine revolution is going on in the Barren Houses: there, word by word, women are creating a language of their own to free them of men's domination. Their secret must, above all, be kept until the language is ready for use. The women's language, L=E1adan, is only one of the brilliant creations found in this stunningly original novel, which combines a page-turning plot with challenging meditations on the tensions between freedom and control, individuals and communities, thought and action. A complete work in itself, it is also the first volume in Elgin's acclaimed Native Tongue trilogy." ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 11:29:12 +0100 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Angela Barclay Subject: Re: NATIVE TONGUE by Suzette Haden Elgin Comments: To: feministsf-lit@uic.edu Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Dear Group Members: Mysterious Galaxy has two copies left of next month's book selection. Below is the information Maryelizabeth forwarded me: >Subject: NATIVE TONGUE by Suzette Haden Elgin >The book is $14.95. With a 15% discount, the book cost is $12.71. Global >priority mail (3 to 5 days) is $4.00, for a total of US$16.71. I called this morning and ordered using my credit card and was told I would likely receive the book within the week. You could also send in a money order. Angela, On Behalf of the BDG Committee >******************************************************************* >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: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 13:36:30 -0500 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Lydia Lynsdaughter Subject: Women as Warriors Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 A little something to throw into the mix on the ^Ñwomen as warrior^Ò debate: Check out the ^ÓThe Gladiatrix^Ô (4/2/02) National Post http://www.nationalpost.com/tech/story.html?f=/stories/20020402/516504.html It makes you wonder just how much of herstory has been lost over the ages ^Å LL -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup