34/ https://publishing.tor.com/new-releases/ C. L. Polk - black, female Nino Cipri - trans / nonbinary Nino Cipri (again) - trans / nonbinary K.M. Szpara - queer / trans Eddie Robson - white male (!!!), British Nghi Vo - Vietnamese, female Alex Irvine - white male (!!!)
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45/ still not sure who's boots I lick? the police? is that it - am I too friendly with the cops? or maybe the government more generally? also, yes, I really should read more - haven't read many books, it's truehttps://twitter.com/redrichie/status/1290728751442124803 …
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46/ Yep. Steel Beach. Hull Zero Three is another Ironically SF that deals with Big Issues in passing, while exploring other plot points, does a far better job of it than very self aware tweet Issue Oriented SF that aims to address the issues primarilyhttps://twitter.com/djinnius/status/1290734651095445504 …
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47/ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I sold 1,500 copies of my most recent book in 30 days, or 50 per day. How's your writing career going ? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tjic/escape-the-city-a-how-to-homesteading-guide/ …https://twitter.com/GhostCatLady/status/1290735730399031306 …
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48/ Please re-read the previous tweet, which contains a link where you can verify my claim.https://twitter.com/GhostCatLady/status/1290736389810786304 …
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49/ or, if you don't know how to click a link, here you go
@GhostCatLadypic.twitter.com/dMTG9Y3bom
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50/ so, anyway, my income from writing was around $100,000 last month,
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51/ ...or if you want to limit the discussion to my science fiction output, you can look me up in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction do you have an entry there, btw? happy to read the article on your output!
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52/ Stories that are ABOUT X are usually pretty boring, and rarely change minds. Stories that are about a character confronting challenges, and X is there in the background, are far better at convincing people about X.https://twitter.com/djinnius/status/1290737498377740288 …
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53/ * thank you! * yes, agreed * I'm not really arguing with OP; I'm performing for the crowd, and OP is just the bull charging at the cape while accumulating a collection of woundshttps://twitter.com/djinnius/status/1290738056341753858 …
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54/ "you spelled a word with two 'n's when it actually has one, therefore you're ignorant of the history of science fiction" that's a solid argument https://twitter.com/iridienne/status/1290739567021105152 …
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55/ award winning authors Ken Macleod and John Barnes think I write decently, and the Prometheus Awards committee voted my novels as best of the year (twice) but maybe those folks don't know much about science fiction either,
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57/ > Heinlein's craft doesn't stand up that's a bold take
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58/ Anyone who thinks that Heinlein's craft doesn't stand up should read Farah Mendlesohn 's masterful The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein (2019) and educate themselves. https://www.amazon.com/Pleasant-Profession-Robert-Heinlein/dp/1783526785 …
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59/ Perhaps he was thinking that talent is talent, and politics is politics, and you don't have to agree with someone on the ideal tax rate to acknowledge their ability to write? I dunno, feel free to ask him. https://twitter.com/iridienne/status/1290749240507920384 …
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60/ First, the litmus test of reading "from the last decade" is a very bad one. Even if we assume that good SF is evenly distributed over time (it's not), why read a random selection of recent stuff instead of the top 1% of previous decades? >>> https://twitter.com/iridienne/status/1290749897147215872 …
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61/ But to answer the question, in the last year or so I've read and loved SFF like
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62/ "let me get this straight" ...and proceeds to get it wrong No, I didn't say I don't read recent SF. I do. I pointed out an unexamined and false premise you had. https://twitter.com/iridienne/status/1290750884607954944 …
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63/ "MOVED ON" it's all caps so it must be true yes, there is no other reason to read Heinlein other than historical interest -he certainly doesn't have a fun style, good plots, strong female characters, good moral lessons, or anything else good point https://twitter.com/iridienne/status/1290751878867771392 …
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64/ please read more carefully ; I didn't say that none of it is good; I said that greatness was not evenly distributed > there are great science fiction writers right now not that many!https://twitter.com/sharagodwinson/status/1290751817161138176 …
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65/ I'm sorry that Heinlein wrote about women who were very competent at math, engineering, and other skills, while still being sexual beings. I hope that him suggesting that some women are like this hasn't hurt your feelings too much. https://twitter.com/iridienne/status/1290753266851012612 …
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66/ I strongly agree with this! ...and this is why I was saying that it's better to read a curated selection of classics than to concentrate on reading things merely because they're "recent". Reading award winners of all yrs > reading random 2020 bookshttps://twitter.com/doctorflopsy/status/1290753611794808834 …
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67/ That's not remotely what I said. I made an observation about distribution, not a causal argument. Please pay attention and engage constructively ; strawmen are boring.https://twitter.com/sharagodwinson/status/1290755300396417024 …
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68/ Still chuckling that I made an SJW mad by agreeing with Heinlein that some women are smart / good at things and enjoy sex.
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69/ Agreed; am in the middle of her most recent novel.https://twitter.com/tr0g/status/1290757006597459973 …
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70/ I'm not making that claim, necessarily, but it's certainly not IMPOSSIBLE to make that claim.https://twitter.com/doctorflopsy/status/1290756614035771392 …
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71/ why, exactly, Sir Kevin the White Knight, should I re-read that? Are you upset that I had the temerity to civilly disagree with a female interlocutor, and use a book written by a female author as my cite?https://twitter.com/kevinmarks/status/1290768713520750603 …
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72/ we've got a bluecheck tagging in I guess I'm a reactionary for saying that SF authors wrote, on average BETTER sf about gender issues, race, trans, etc. in the 1970s (when editors selected on merit) than in the 2020s (when they don't)https://twitter.com/nberlat/status/1290770912975912960 …
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73/ > modern sci-fi is far better not just better, but FAR better LOL as if hey, have you read Hugo award winning novel "Redshirts" ? https://twitter.com/McfuckyouSweety/status/1290771837174140930 …
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74/ I didn't say "no", I said "all but". Which, if you're familiar with the English language, you know means "nearly". Jeff Vandermeer is a great author. John Scalzi ... also, yes, writes.https://twitter.com/nberlat/status/1290772169899888643 …
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