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Appearance is Everything in Fiction: Strike a Prose

Posted in Literature and Theory, Science Fiction, tagged , on April 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »

My Clarionmate Trent discusses his experiences submitting to literary markets versus genre markets. He also talks about the advice that we received at Clarion that “every word has to matter.”
Having read select issues from many of the major genre short story markets and having read an assortment of genre novels, plus my English Major background, [...]

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A Review: “The Women of Our Occupation” by Kameron Hurley

Posted in Kameron Hurley, Science Fiction, Short Stories on August 19, 2006 | 7 Comments »

“We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don’t it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.” – Jessamyn West.
At first glance, some might dismiss The Women of Our Occupation by Kameron Hurley as mere feminist diatribe, wishful fantasy of the highest class. They might find this role-reversal story [...]

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