>Delurking for just a moment, this is Freddie Baer, probably one of the
>more random of the random people out there. I'm a lot of different
>things (none of which are connected with an university) but probably
>the role most of the people on this list will recognize is that of
>the artist of the Tiptree Award t-shirts.
Oh, that's neat! I have this year's t-shirt and I get questions about it,
or comments of "that's really cool" every time I wear it.
My turn for a brief bio, I guess. I'm a reference librarian and women's
studies specialist at Michigan State University, and I teach a class on
(what else) "how to do research" for the women's studies department. I'm a
longtime Star Trek fan (and I've also been impressed with what I've seen,
sporadically, of B5, but I'm waiting for syndication so I can catch up all
at once). Some of the authors I've enjoyed in the last year or so: Octavia
Butler, Parable of the Sower and Kindred; Connie Willis, Doomsday Book and
Bellwether; Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow; Orson Scott Card, Pastwatch;
Nancy Kress, Beggars in Spain; Maureen McHugh, China Mountain Zhang...
that's all I can think of off the top of my head.
Oh, and here's my chance to ask: has anyone here read The Art Lover, by
Carole Maso? I love that book *so much*. Many people would probably not
consider it fantasy -- it has some fantastic elements within a mainstream
story and all the rest of her work is mainstream -- but it's wonderful.
Ruth Ann Jones
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