As pointed out in email: " There are girl cooties on my space ship–on women writing hard SF"

[james_davis_nicoll]

I really dislike playing the gender card, but when someone chucks a whole packet of cards in my face, it becomes harder to ignore.

OK, something happened and I’ll be really brief about it. The discussion went like this:

Me: I heard you are interested in hard SF
Publisher: yeah, we are, but… *looks uneasy*
Me: … if it’s written by a woman?
Publisher: yeah, I hate to say that, but yeah

Comments

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

Oh, my. Oh good heavens. If we're used to seeing the annual Hugo flamefest now...

Yes, yes indeed. Let's try this.

[nathan helfinstine (from livejournal.com)]

Let me check.. yup! Got lots of marshmallows, chocolate bars, and graham crackers laid by. I'm ready!