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Skyfall by Catherine Asaro: A Guest Review by CarrieS

Skyfall by Catherine Asaro: A Guest Review by CarrieS

Many readers of Smart Bitches have mentioned Catherine Asaro as science fiction romance author to check out.  She certainly seems like a nifty person – more accurately, she sounds like a very improbable romance heroine. Among other things, she's a former professional dancer, has a Masters in Physics and a PhD in Chemical Physics from Harvard, she's won two Nebula Awards for her fiction, and she just composed a bunch of music for a CD … Continue reading Skyfall by Catherine Asaro: A Guest Review by CarrieS

Women Rule Sci-Fi - Nebula Nominees Announced

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Who says science fiction and fantasy is for guys?  The 2012 Nebula Awards have been announced.  In the category of novels, there are six nominees, and four of them are women.  Yeah, we rock. Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW; Gollancz ’13) Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor) The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK) The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc) Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor) 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit … Continue reading Women Rule Sci-Fi - Nebula Nominees Announced

The Bookmatcher: Space and Cowboys

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Billie Bloebaum, romance book buyer for Powell’s in the Portland Airport, is exercising the power of her handselling abilities online, and fields requests for books to read. Kimberly writes in with a Bookmatcher request: Hi Sarah, I was wondering if you could help me out. I usually read urban fantasy or fantasy books with strong romance elements. I’m ready to move on and expand my horizons a little. I remember that you have done a … Continue reading The Bookmatcher: Space and Cowboys

One More Point About Emotions and Romance

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On re-reading the piece I posted earlier about girl cooties in SF, I noticed I never actually explicitly stated another point I was trying to make: People often equate emotion with stupidity, and assume that books whose raison d’etre is an emotion—a womanish emotion, at that—are all automatically intellectually bankrupt and could’ve been written by a chimp with a typewriter. This assumption is implicit in Day’s contemptuous dismissal of female SF writers and the romance … Continue reading One More Point About Emotions and Romance

On the Acceptability of Emotions and Romance

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Today’s entry is going to talk a great deal about science fiction because the inspiration for this entry comes from two articles dealing with SF, but I swear I’ll tie it back to romance novels before the end of my rambling session. At least, I hope I will. The first article is written by an SF writer, Debra Doyle. It’s an excellent and hilarious take on SF called the “Girl Cooties Theory of Genre Literature.” … Continue reading On the Acceptability of Emotions and Romance