My favorite SF author is a woman: L. M. Bujold. Her most popular character is male. She has more than once received the “compliment” from male fans: “You write like a man!”. She says that it took her a long time to decide how to respond to this. Next time she plans to answer brightly “Oh, really? Like which man?”
I’ve enjoyed several of her books. She writes her romances like a woman (this is often my preference; male authors often write their male leads as merely being so cool that women are obligated to fall for them). In this, she reminds me of Cherryh and (Elizabeth) Moon, who I also like.
My favorite SF author is a woman: L. M. Bujold. Her most popular character is male. She has more than once received the “compliment” from male fans: “You write like a man!”. She says that it took her a long time to decide how to respond to this. Next time she plans to answer brightly “Oh, really? Like which man?”
I think pen names have pretty convincingly showed that a woman’s writing can be indistinguishable from a man’s if she wants it to be.
(George Eliot is the famous one but James Tiptree Jr. is my favorite.)
Ouch. I finally made the connection to the Turing test.
I’ve enjoyed several of her books. She writes her romances like a woman (this is often my preference; male authors often write their male leads as merely being so cool that women are obligated to fall for them). In this, she reminds me of Cherryh and (Elizabeth) Moon, who I also like.