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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2008-02-10 12:27 pm
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2008-02-10 12:27 pm
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I was going to put a rant here but I think it would be prudent for me to wait a month until the book that triggered it sees print. Even if I friends-lock it, that doesn't mean the publisher might not get wind of my comments and take offense.
So, to fill the time until then:
Is writing Heinlein young adult novel pastiches primarily a male occupation? I can't off-hand think of a female writer who tried her hand at a Heinlein young adult novel, at least not in the centenary wave of Heinlein pastiches.
[This might be a stupid question but if it is mainly a guy subgenre, why would that be?]
In a unrelated comment, metric _or_ American imitation of Imperial, people. Not both or at least not both in the same sentence.
So, to fill the time until then:
Is writing Heinlein young adult novel pastiches primarily a male occupation? I can't off-hand think of a female writer who tried her hand at a Heinlein young adult novel, at least not in the centenary wave of Heinlein pastiches.
[This might be a stupid question but if it is mainly a guy subgenre, why would that be?]
In a unrelated comment, metric _or_ American imitation of Imperial, people. Not both or at least not both in the same sentence.