From LISTSERV@listserv.uic.edu Fri Jan 26 13:39:08 2001 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 14:58:45 -0600 From: "L-Soft list server at UIC (1.8d)" To: Laura Quilter Subject: File: "FEMINISTSF LOG0002A" ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 17:42:51 -0800 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Pike Publishing Subject: new member has (maybe) info MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Since I am brand new here, I don't want to say something that might have been said. Does everyone -- or anyone -- know about a discussion this Sunday on ifeminist.com with author L. Neil Smith, science fiction writer and polemicist? His topic is women in science fiction, meaning, I think, the characters, not the writers. If it is not already common knowlede (and just because I only recently learned of it doesn't mean the whole rest of the world didn't already know), I'll post the details. Michel Morrison __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 20:08:39 -0800 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Pike Publishing Subject: Agnes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Some folks don't understand us and our taste in reading. 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Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 11:10:57 +0100 Reply-To: m.latham@mmu.ac.uk Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Melanie Latham Organization: MANCHESTER METRO UNIVERSITY Subject: Re: Cyborg women in science fiction In-Reply-To: <20000204014251.22361.qmail@web215.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Could I make a general request to people? I am an academic at a University in Manchester, England. I am trying to organise a conference on 'Cyborg Women'. I would like to invite fiction writers who have written science fiction that contained characters who were basically, or at least in some guises, 'women', but who had some sort of cyborg body part or characteristic. Could anyone recommend to me any writer they have read or heard of? I am looking particularly for women writers, and women from anywhere in the world, but particularly Japan, Europe, Australasia and the United States. But this list is not exclusive and any recommendations would be gratefully received. Melanie Latham. Dr. Melanie Latham Senior Lecturer Manchester Metropolitan University School of Law Elisabeth Gaskell Campus Hathersage Road Manchester M130JA Tel: 44 (0)161 247 2792 Fax: 44 (0)161 247 6309 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 09:56:32 -0700 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: "Laura J. Mixon-Gould" Subject: Re: Cyborg women in science fiction Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Melanie, I =love= stories about technologically augmented women! What an exciting topic. One of the main VP characters in my book PROXIES (Tor pb Nov 99, ISBN 0-812-52387-3 - it also came out in hardcover back in 1998) is a woman in a completely artificial robotic body. You can find out a little more about it at my website: http://www.digitalnoir.com/prx/ My book GLASS HOUSES (Tor pb May 92) (http://www.digitalnoir.com/l/works.htm) also had a female protagonist who downloaded herself into assorted robots. It's no longer in print but I believe copies are available at assorted used book stores. I've found numerous copies via the web. There is a lot of other wonderful stuff out there. Ann McCaffrey's THE SHIP WHO SANG is a classic. James Tiptree, Jr. (a woman with a male pseudonym, as you no doubt know) also wrote a novel(la?) that came out as an Ace or Tor double sometime in the '80s, I believe. I disremember the title, but it was about a girl who was plugged into an artificial body. For more recent stuff, check out Pat Cadigan's and Melissa Scott's work; both deal with robotics/computer tech and women, though typically more on the VR side -- but in my own mind, virtual "cyborgs" have some fundamental things in common with real ones. Catherine Asaro's work also often covers some of this ground (though of what I've read, it's not usually at the center -- still worth checking out, though). Linda Nagata's VAST may not quite be what you have in mind. However, it has some of the most inventive ideas on human augmentation currently out there, and it has female characters. Raphael Carter, who is transgender, I believe, wrote THE FORTUNATE FALL, which features a highly augmented female protagonist. Also look at Shariann Lewitt's books, especially the more recent works. She writes some lovely stuff on the woman/machine interface. I'm sure there are others but my brain is fogged out at the moment and I'm blanking. If I think of more I'll post them. Good luck with your class. :) -l. -- Laura J. Mixon > ljm@digitalnoir.com > http://www.digitalnoir.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROXIES - Future-noir with a heart of gold (and buns of steel) (Tor, Oct 1999 ISBN 0812523873) http://www.digitalnoir.com/prx ---------- >From: Melanie Latham >To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU >Subject: Re: [*FSFFU*] Cyborg women in science fiction >Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2000, 3:10 AM > > Could I make a general request to people? > > I am an academic at a University in Manchester, England. I am trying > to organise a conference on 'Cyborg Women'. I would like to invite > fiction writers who have written science fiction that contained > characters who were basically, or at least in some guises, 'women', > but who had some sort of cyborg body part or characteristic. > > Could anyone recommend to me any writer they have read or heard of? > I am looking particularly for women writers, and women from anywhere > in the world, but particularly Japan, Europe, Australasia and the > United States. But this list is not exclusive and any > recommendations would be gratefully received. > > Melanie Latham. > > > Dr. Melanie Latham > Senior Lecturer > Manchester Metropolitan University > School of Law > Elisabeth Gaskell Campus > Hathersage Road > Manchester M130JA > Tel: 44 (0)161 247 2792 > Fax: 44 (0)161 247 6309 > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 09:57:38 -0700 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: "Laura J. Mixon-Gould" Subject: Re: new member has (maybe) info Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Michel, I hadn't heard about it and I'm interested in the details. -l. -- Laura J. Mixon > ljm@digitalnoir.com > www.digitalnoir.com ---------- >From: Pike Publishing >To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU >Subject: [*FSFFU*] new member has (maybe) info >Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2000, 6:42 PM > > Since I am brand new here, I don't want to say > something that might have been said. > Does everyone -- or anyone -- know about a discussion > this Sunday on ifeminist.com with author L. Neil > Smith, science fiction writer and polemicist? > His topic is women in science fiction, meaning, I > think, the characters, not the writers. > If it is not already common knowlede (and just because > I only recently learned of it doesn't mean the whole > rest of the world didn't already know), I'll post the > details. > Michel Morrison > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 09:26:31 -0800 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: "Candioglos, Sandy" Subject: Re: Cyborg women in science fiction MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" *slapping forehead* Duh. About half of the "ship who sang" series (started by McCaffrey) are about technically augmented women. -Sandy > -----Original Message----- > From: Laura J. Mixon-Gould [mailto:ljm@DIGITALNOIR.COM] > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 8:57 AM > To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU > Subject: Re: [*FSFFU*] Cyborg women in science fiction > > > Melanie, > > I =love= stories about technologically augmented women! What > an exciting > topic. > > > One of the main VP characters in my book PROXIES (Tor pb Nov 99, ISBN > 0-812-52387-3 - it also came out in hardcover back in 1998) > is a woman in a > completely artificial robotic body. > > You can find out a little more about it at my website: > > http://www.digitalnoir.com/prx/ > > My book GLASS HOUSES (Tor pb May 92) > (http://www.digitalnoir.com/l/works.htm) also had a female > protagonist who > downloaded herself into assorted robots. It's no longer in > print but I > believe copies are available at assorted used book stores. I've found > numerous copies via the web. > > > > There is a lot of other wonderful stuff out there. Ann > McCaffrey's THE SHIP > WHO SANG is a classic. James Tiptree, Jr. (a woman with a > male pseudonym, > as you no doubt know) also wrote a novel(la?) that came out > as an Ace or Tor > double sometime in the '80s, I believe. I disremember the > title, but it was > about a girl who was plugged into an artificial body. > > For more recent stuff, check out Pat Cadigan's and Melissa > Scott's work; > both deal with robotics/computer tech and women, though > typically more on > the VR side -- but in my own mind, virtual "cyborgs" have > some fundamental > things in common with real ones. Catherine Asaro's work also > often covers > some of this ground (though of what I've read, it's not usually at the > center -- still worth checking out, though). Linda Nagata's > VAST may not > quite be what you have in mind. However, it has some of the > most inventive > ideas on human augmentation currently out there, and it has female > characters. Raphael Carter, who is transgender, I believe, wrote THE > FORTUNATE FALL, which features a highly augmented female > protagonist. Also > look at Shariann Lewitt's books, especially the more recent > works. She > writes some lovely stuff on the woman/machine interface. > > I'm sure there are others but my brain is fogged out at the > moment and I'm > blanking. If I think of more I'll post them. > > Good luck with your class. :) > > > -l. > > -- > Laura J. Mixon > ljm@digitalnoir.com > http://www.digitalnoir.com > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > PROXIES - Future-noir with a heart of gold (and buns of steel) > (Tor, Oct 1999 ISBN 0812523873) http://www.digitalnoir.com/prx > > ---------- > >From: Melanie Latham > >To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU > >Subject: Re: [*FSFFU*] Cyborg women in science fiction > >Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2000, 3:10 AM > > > > > Could I make a general request to people? > > > > I am an academic at a University in Manchester, England. I > am trying > > to organise a conference on 'Cyborg Women'. I would like to invite > > fiction writers who have written science fiction that contained > > characters who were basically, or at least in some guises, 'women', > > but who had some sort of cyborg body part or characteristic. > > > > Could anyone recommend to me any writer they have read or heard of? > > I am looking particularly for women writers, and women from anywhere > > in the world, but particularly Japan, Europe, Australasia and the > > United States. But this list is not exclusive and any > > recommendations would be gratefully received. > > > > Melanie Latham. > > > > > > Dr. Melanie Latham > > Senior Lecturer > > Manchester Metropolitan University > > School of Law > > Elisabeth Gaskell Campus > > Hathersage Road > > Manchester M130JA > > Tel: 44 (0)161 247 2792 > > Fax: 44 (0)161 247 6309 > > > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:40:08 -0600 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Todd Mason Subject: Re: Cyborg women in science fiction: Candiologos et all es MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" And then there's Catherine L. Moore's "No Woman Born." "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" may well be the Tiptree story referred to below. I've no idea how good or bad the METROPOLIS source-story by Thea von Harbeau (sp?) is, but it seems likely to be relevant. Perhaps the most controversial "classic" story in this mode would by "Helen O'Loy" by Lester del Rey. -----Original Message----- From: Candioglos, Sandy [mailto:sandy.candioglos@INTEL.COM] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 12:27 PM To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: Re: [*FSFFU*] Cyborg women in science fiction *slapping forehead* Duh. About half of the "ship who sang" series (started by McCaffrey) are about technically augmented women. -Sandy > -----Original Message----- > From: Laura J. Mixon-Gould [mailto:ljm@DIGITALNOIR.COM] > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 8:57 AM > To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU > Subject: Re: [*FSFFU*] Cyborg women in science fiction > > > Melanie, > > I =love= stories about technologically augmented women! What > an exciting > topic. > > > One of the main VP characters in my book PROXIES (Tor pb Nov 99, ISBN > 0-812-52387-3 - it also came out in hardcover back in 1998) > is a woman in a > completely artificial robotic body. > > You can find out a little more about it at my website: > > http://www.digitalnoir.com/prx/ > > My book GLASS HOUSES (Tor pb May 92) > (http://www.digitalnoir.com/l/works.htm) also had a female > protagonist who > downloaded herself into assorted robots. It's no longer in > print but I > believe copies are available at assorted used book stores. I've found > numerous copies via the web. > > > > There is a lot of other wonderful stuff out there. Ann > McCaffrey's THE SHIP > WHO SANG is a classic. James Tiptree, Jr. (a woman with a > male pseudonym, > as you no doubt know) also wrote a novel(la?) that came out > as an Ace or Tor > double sometime in the '80s, I believe. I disremember the > title, but it was > about a girl who was plugged into an artificial body. > > For more recent stuff, check out Pat Cadigan's and Melissa > Scott's work; > both deal with robotics/computer tech and women, though > typically more on > the VR side -- but in my own mind, virtual "cyborgs" have > some fundamental > things in common with real ones. Catherine Asaro's work also > often covers > some of this ground (though of what I've read, it's not usually at the > center -- still worth checking out, though). Linda Nagata's > VAST may not > quite be what you have in mind. However, it has some of the > most inventive > ideas on human augmentation currently out there, and it has female > characters. Raphael Carter, who is transgender, I believe, wrote THE > FORTUNATE FALL, which features a highly augmented female > protagonist. Also > look at Shariann Lewitt's books, especially the more recent > works. She > writes some lovely stuff on the woman/machine interface. > > I'm sure there are others but my brain is fogged out at the > moment and I'm > blanking. If I think of more I'll post them. > > Good luck with your class. :) > > > -l. > > -- > Laura J. Mixon > ljm@digitalnoir.com > http://www.digitalnoir.com > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > PROXIES - Future-noir with a heart of gold (and buns of steel) > (Tor, Oct 1999 ISBN 0812523873) http://www.digitalnoir.com/prx > > ---------- > >From: Melanie Latham > >To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU > >Subject: Re: [*FSFFU*] Cyborg women in science fiction > >Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2000, 3:10 AM > > > > > Could I make a general request to people? > > > > I am an academic at a University in Manchester, England. I > am trying > > to organise a conference on 'Cyborg Women'. I would like to invite > > fiction writers who have written science fiction that contained > > characters who were basically, or at least in some guises, 'women', > > but who had some sort of cyborg body part or characteristic. > > > > Could anyone recommend to me any writer they have read or heard of? > > I am looking particularly for women writers, and women from anywhere > > in the world, but particularly Japan, Europe, Australasia and the > > United States. But this list is not exclusive and any > > recommendations would be gratefully received. > > > > Melanie Latham. > > > > > > Dr. Melanie Latham > > Senior Lecturer > > Manchester Metropolitan University > > School of Law > > Elisabeth Gaskell Campus > > Hathersage Road > > Manchester M130JA > > Tel: 44 (0)161 247 2792 > > Fax: 44 (0)161 247 6309 > > > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:44:36 -0600 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Todd Mason Subject: Re: Cyborg women in science fiction--pardons, please MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Oh, well. Managed to miss the passage about inviting the writers in question. Hmm...how much travel money is available for all these American suggested possibilities? Does McCaffry still reside in Ireland? Is Lisa Tuttle still over "there"?--I'm not sure I remember a relevant story by her, but would be surprised if she never tackled the subject. And among the home team, as opposed to US expates? > > Could I make a general request to people? > > > > I am an academic at a University in Manchester, England. I > am trying > > to organise a conference on 'Cyborg Women'. I would like to invite > > fiction writers who have written science fiction that contained > > characters who were basically, or at least in some guises, 'women', > > but who had some sort of cyborg body part or characteristic. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 12:59:09 -0700 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: "Laura J. Mixon-Gould" Subject: Re: Cyborg women in science fiction--pardons, please Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Wow, I missed that, too. Melanie, I would be interested in finding out more about your conference, if you think I might be an appropriate choice of invitee. -l. -- Laura J. Mixon > ljm@digitalnoir.com > http://www.digitalnoir.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROXIES - Future-noir with a heart of gold (and buns of steel) (Tor, Oct 1999 ISBN 0812523873) http://www.digitalnoir.com/prx ---------- >From: Todd Mason >To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU >Subject: Re: [*FSFFU*] Cyborg women in science fiction--pardons, please >Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2000, 12:44 PM > > Oh, well. Managed to miss the passage about inviting the writers in > question. Hmm...how much travel money is available for all these American > suggested possibilities? Does McCaffry still reside in Ireland? Is Lisa > Tuttle still over "there"?--I'm not sure I remember a relevant story by her, > but would be surprised if she never tackled the subject. And among the home > team, as opposed to US expates? > >> > Could I make a general request to people? >> > >> > I am an academic at a University in Manchester, England. I >> am trying >> > to organise a conference on 'Cyborg Women'. I would like to invite >> > fiction writers who have written science fiction that contained >> > characters who were basically, or at least in some guises, 'women', >> > but who had some sort of cyborg body part or characteristic. > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 12:49:03 -0800 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Pike Publishing Subject: new member has (maybe) info-not maybe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- "Laura J. Mixon-Gould" wrote: > Michel, I hadn't heard about it and I'm interested > in the details. Thanks. Here it is: >You are cordially invited to attend this Sunday's Ifeminist chat room >exchange featuring internationally acclaimed SF novelist L.Neil Smith on >"Women in and of SF." That is the official topic but wide-ranging >discussion is encouraged. The event is this Sunday, February 6th, at >8:00-9:00 p.m. EST at http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction. No IRC >required. Java enabled. L. Neil's huge book "Bretta Martyn" has a young teen girl as the lead character. And in all his books, from "Probability Broach" onward, strong and intelligent females are central. I talked to him on the phone several years ago, but have never met him. I think the discussion ought to be fascinating. Michael Morrison http://www.pikepublishing.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 17:36:18 -0800 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Pat Subject: Re: Cyborg women in science fiction In-Reply-To: <200002041657.JAA53515@mail2.thuntek.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Laura J. Mixon-Gould wrote: > WHO SANG is a classic. James Tiptree, Jr. (a woman with a male pseudonym, > as you no doubt know) also wrote a novel(la?) that came out as an Ace or Tor > double sometime in the '80s, I believe. I disremember the title, but it was > about a girl who was plugged into an artificial body. "The Girl who was Plugged In." The short-lived TV anthology series "Welcome to Paradox" made it their lead episode. > -- > Laura J. Mixon > ljm@digitalnoir.com > http://www.digitalnoir.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PROXIES - Future-noir with a heart of gold (and buns of steel) > (Tor, Oct 1999 ISBN 0812523873) http://www.digitalnoir.com/prx > > ---------- > >From: Melanie Latham > >To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU > >Subject: Re: [*FSFFU*] Cyborg women in science fiction > >Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2000, 3:10 AM > > > > > Could I make a general request to people? > > > > I am an academic at a University in Manchester, England. I am trying > > to organise a conference on 'Cyborg Women'. I would like to invite > > fiction writers who have written science fiction that contained > > characters who were basically, or at least in some guises, 'women', > > but who had some sort of cyborg body part or characteristic. > > > > Could anyone recommend to me any writer they have read or heard of? > > I am looking particularly for women writers, and women from anywhere > > in the world, but particularly Japan, Europe, Australasia and the > > United States. But this list is not exclusive and any > > recommendations would be gratefully received. > > > > Melanie Latham. > > > > > > Dr. Melanie Latham > > Senior Lecturer > > Manchester Metropolitan University > > School of Law > > Elisabeth Gaskell Campus > > Hathersage Road > > Manchester M130JA > > Tel: 44 (0)161 247 2792 > > Fax: 44 (0)161 247 6309 > > > Patricia (Pat) Mathews mathews@unm.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 04:28:57 -0500 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Laurel Lamme Subject: Re: Cyborg women in science fiction MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm not sure if either of these suggestions fit the "cyborg" description, but you might read them to decide - I would recommend them both. I believe these are both American authors. The main character in _Fool's War_ by Sara Zettel is an artificial intelligence wearing a human body for convenience, and dealing with the "birth" of another AI in the ship she serves on. I enjoy this book for the great characters as well as for the realistic exploration of how humans might actually react to true artificial intelligence; everything from total fear to worship. Another woman working with artificial intelligence is found in _Polar City Blues_ by Katherine Kerr, although in this case she only "plugs in" to computers, probably not enough for the definition of "cyborg." Her relationship with the AIs does turn out to be relatively important to the plot, but is not the main focus of the novel, which has an interesting speculative future dealing with psychics and politics mixed up in a murder mystery. Laurel > > I am an academic at a University in Manchester, England. I am trying > to organise a conference on 'Cyborg Women'. I would like to invite > fiction writers who have written science fiction that contained > characters who were basically, or at least in some guises, 'women', > but who had some sort of cyborg body part or characteristic. > > Could anyone recommend to me any writer they have read or heard of? > I am looking particularly for women writers, and women from anywhere > in the world, but particularly Japan, Europe, Australasia and the > United States. But this list is not exclusive and any > recommendations would be gratefully received. > > Melanie Latham. > ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 15:50:50 -0600 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Todd Mason Subject: FW: Contacting Octavia Butler (crossposted query) Comments: cc: "brians@mail.wsu.edu" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -----Original Message----- From: Paul Brians [mailto:brians@mail.wsu.edu] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 4:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Contacting Octavia Butler Our university is considering inviting Octavia Butler to speak. Does anyone have an e-mail address or phone number for her? Or surface address? Paul Brians, Department of English Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-5020 brians@wsu.edu http://www.wsu.edu/~brians ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 11:51:56 -0800 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Maryelizabeth Hart Organization: Mysterious Galaxy Subject: Re: FW: Contacting Octavia Butler (crossposted query) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My suggestion would be to contact her through Warner Books publicity. -- Maryelizabeth Hart Publicity Manager ****************************************************************** Mysterious Galaxy Local Phone: 858.268.4747 3904 Convoy Street, #107 Fax: 858.268.4775 San Diego, CA 92111 Long Distance/Orders: 1.800.811.4747 http://www.mystgalaxy.com Email: mgbooks@mystgalaxy.com ****************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 18:19:21 -0600 Reply-To: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Todd Mason Subject: Re: FW: Contacting Octavia Butler (crossposted query): Hart in response to Brians MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Thanks, Me. Here's another route, which just came in: -----Original Message----- From: Andy Duncan [mailto:dunca012@bama.ua.edu] >===== Original Message From Paul Brians ===== >Our university is considering inviting Octavia Butler to speak. Does anyone >have an e-mail address or phone number for her? Or surface address? Octavia E. Butler P.O. Box 60725 Pasadena CA 91116-6725 -----Original Message----- From: Maryelizabeth Hart [mailto:publicity@MYSTGALAXY.COM] My suggestion would be to contact her through Warner Books publicity. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 23:01:06 -0400 Reply-To: asaro@sff.net Sender: "For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian literature" From: Catherine Asaro Subject: Analog/Asimov's chat MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The SciFi channel/ Dominion site is doing a chat tomorrow on genre mixing that ought to be a lot of fun. Here is the promo blurb: ====== Tuesday, February 8 at 9PM ET Join us for an online exploration of a new landscape where genres meet and greet. Science Fiction Romance is an area where the science fiction (or fantasy) genre overlaps that of romance, shadowing forth stirring works where the signal features of both types of narrative are equally important. In this chat, authors Catherine Asaro, Diane Turnshek, Jennifer Dunne, and Tom Purdom will pool their talents and field questions from far and wide about this important subgenre. This event is the latest in a series of chats with notable genre authors co-presented by Asimov's Science Fiction. Asimov's and Analog Science Fiction magazines are the leading publishers of SF short fiction today. These two premiere publications are also awash with genre laurels. Asimov's stories have won 29 Hugos and 24 Nebulas, and has received the last 10 Locus Awards for best magazine. Analog, known for its hard science fiction and cutting edge fact articles, is the longest running, almost continuously published SF magazine in the world. Connect your IRC software client to events.scifi.com and join channel #auditorium to participate. Chatters with a java-capable browser may use our java chat client. WebTV users can follow this link. ==== You can also get to the chat via: http://www.scifi.com/chat/chatnow.html?event Hope you all can come! -- Best regards Catherine Asaro http://www.sff.net/people/asaro/