Vast

There's been much talk recently about the invisibility of women in SF, for excellent reason. In the Guardian's reader poll of favorite SF writers, for instance, only 4% of the 500 plus books mentioned are by women. Polls like that are a waste of time under the best of circumstances but the disparity does serve to highlight the problem. Anyone with an eye on the SF blogosphere is probably more than up to speed on the surrounding debate, but this post by Cheryl Morgan is a good entry point into...
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Published on June 15, 2011 06:44
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Matt I scooped up Vast right after I read this post - had to order it but I should be seeing it this week! I love SF set in a relativistically shackled universe - it conveys a sense of scale, both in distance and time, in a way that makes unfathomable vastness an unavoidable and critical element of the story.


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