This is not just male-dominated, it is overwhelmingly US dominated.
And totally anglophonic: I didn't like the book by him that I've read, but Stanislaw Lem, to name just one example, belongs on any list of "most influential" SF writers.
Thanks for reminding me of Cherryh. And add Tepper to the list. I'm not very fond of either, but they both belong on a list of "most influential" writers, I think.
Come to think of it, Brooks and Rowling are I think on the list based on their effect on book marketing; the rest are there, I think, based on their literary influence on the genre. But if you're going to include marketing as a basis for "influential"-ness, then for sure the Star Wars/Star Trek novels and the Dragonlance novels belong on the list even more than Brooks and Rowling. Once you start admitting guests based on how rich they are, you can't turn someone away from your party just because you don't think their money has the right pedigree.
I'm planning on coming up with a women writers counter-meme in a day or so.
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Date: 2006-11-19 01:04 am (UTC)And totally anglophonic: I didn't like the book by him that I've read, but Stanislaw Lem, to name just one example, belongs on any list of "most influential" SF writers.
Thanks for reminding me of Cherryh. And add Tepper to the list. I'm not very fond of either, but they both belong on a list of "most influential" writers, I think.
Come to think of it, Brooks and Rowling are I think on the list based on their effect on book marketing; the rest are there, I think, based on their literary influence on the genre. But if you're going to include marketing as a basis for "influential"-ness, then for sure the Star Wars/Star Trek novels and the Dragonlance novels belong on the list even more than Brooks and Rowling. Once you start admitting guests based on how rich they are, you can't turn someone away from your party just because you don't think their money has the right pedigree.
I'm planning on coming up with a women writers counter-meme in a day or so.