Totally agree with you about the 'manly' early sci-fi - I've read a fair bunch of it, mostly short stories, and with a few exceptions I thought it was totally boring. Good science, maybe, but good writing? Nope. And that's not guys' faults - I know a lot of male writers now who write totally awesome stuff (and a lot of female writers who right crap, mind you...), but the shift in the genre definitely helped rather than hindered the quality of stories that are being told. So there. :P
It really is frustrating. I can't believe people can still say stuff like that in this day and age. Disgusting.
...Oh, wow. Okay, that is awesome, and I will definitely have to start playing with polymer clay again, because I'm pretty sure that's do-able. Thanks for the link!!!
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Date: 2009-10-15 09:06 pm (UTC)Totally agree with you about the 'manly' early sci-fi - I've read a fair bunch of it, mostly short stories, and with a few exceptions I thought it was totally boring. Good science, maybe, but good writing? Nope. And that's not guys' faults - I know a lot of male writers now who write totally awesome stuff (and a lot of female writers who right crap, mind you...), but the shift in the genre definitely helped rather than hindered the quality of stories that are being told. So there. :P
It really is frustrating. I can't believe people can still say stuff like that in this day and age. Disgusting.
...Oh, wow. Okay, that is awesome, and I will definitely have to start playing with polymer clay again, because I'm pretty sure that's do-able. Thanks for the link!!!