Well, it's pretty clear this list was drawn up by a member of the "no gurlz allowed" branch of SF fandom.
It is indeed. Where, for instance, is Robin McKinley, who I think may have written the first book about a female dragon-slayer (The Hero and and the Crown) and who has certainly had an influence on the whole 'woman in the role of quasi-epic hero' subgenre? Where is C. J. Cherryh, who has given us some of the best aliens ever? And also, perhaps not coincidentally, some of the most convincing faeries?
Women writers aside, where is Keith Roberts, whose Pavane is one of the earliest and best alternative timeline books? Where is J. G. Ballard, for God's sake? Or M. John Harrison? This is not just male-dominated, it is overwhelmingly US dominated. I reckon there are just five UK writers on that list: Tolkien, Arthur C Clarke, Pratchett, Moorcock, and the tedious and heavily derivative Rowling.
Probably that's why it didn't occur to their narrow and dull little minds to include Gaiman. He's not American.
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Date: 2006-11-18 05:27 pm (UTC)It is indeed. Where, for instance, is Robin McKinley, who I think may have written the first book about a female dragon-slayer (The Hero and and the Crown) and who has certainly had an influence on the whole 'woman in the role of quasi-epic hero' subgenre? Where is C. J. Cherryh, who has given us some of the best aliens ever? And also, perhaps not coincidentally, some of the most convincing faeries?
Women writers aside, where is Keith Roberts, whose Pavane is one of the earliest and best alternative timeline books? Where is J. G. Ballard, for God's sake? Or M. John Harrison? This is not just male-dominated, it is overwhelmingly US dominated. I reckon there are just five UK writers on that list: Tolkien, Arthur C Clarke, Pratchett, Moorcock, and the tedious and heavily derivative Rowling.
Probably that's why it didn't occur to their narrow and dull little minds to include Gaiman. He's not American.