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> Behalf Of votomguy
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 10:52 AM
> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
> Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream
> sci-fi press?
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> True. I love the hard science/ military scifi books so tho
No problem. It's all good.
--- On Sat, 6/27/09, wlro...@aol.com wrote:
From: wlro...@aol.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi
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To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 4:37 AM
OK I know I am late, but p
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of votomguy
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:39 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream
sci-fi press?
I have Brothers in Arms. :) I'm a little s
noir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of votomguy
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:39 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream
sci-fi press?
I have Brothers in Arms. :) I'm a little sick of the Tusk
th Cavalry, or the 555th
> (Triple Nickle) Paratrooper battalion...
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> From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of votomguy
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 10:52 AM
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OK I know I am late, but please forgive, I did not know you were an author.
--Lavender
From: Milton Davis
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:38 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi
press?
I got a bit of advice
of great reading by pre-judging SF.
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> > From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogro ups.com]
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> > Behalf Of Milton Davis
> > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:38 PM
> > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
> &g
ok Chronicle Of The
> Vindicator. He's currently submitting manuscripts to publishers. You should
> Chronicles if you get a chance.
>
> --- On Fri, 6/26/09, votomguy wrote:
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> From: votomguy
> Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream
> sc
guy wrote:
From: votomguy
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi
press?
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, June 26, 2009, 2:52 PM
True. I love the hard science/ military scifi books so those were always the
books that I looked for. I go
ones. I'm convinced
> that when made aware of what's available the brothers will come. I hope I'm
> right.
>
> --- On Thu, 6/25/09, votomguy wrote:
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> From: votomguy
> Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream
> s
On Thu, 6/25/09, Reece Jennings wrote:
From: Reece Jennings
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi
press?
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 7:36 PM
It might be a combination of all of that, Milton. Yes, Black Women wi
black females. But then again that might be
> because black females read a lot more than we brothers.
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> --- On Thu, 6/25/09, Martin Baxter wrote:
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> From: Martin Baxter
> Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream
> sci-fi press?
> To
ading by pre-judging SF.
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> From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Milton Davis
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:38 PM
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
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s.com
Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream
sci-fi press?
I know a lot a black male fans of Butler. I just seems in my experience most
of her fans I've met were black females. But then again that might be
because black females read a lot more than we brother
: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi
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To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 4:37 PM
That comprises a graduating class of considerable note.
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Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 4:16 PM
When I first came into fandom back in '74, my public library had barely 300
SF/fantasy books on the shelves, the vast majo
u, 6/25/09, votomguy wrote:
From: votomguy
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi
press?
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 2:22 PM
She wasn't what got me into scifi, but she did inspire me to start writing
scifi. I
That comprises a graduating class of considerable note.
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I love her
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Behalf Of Milton Davis
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:32 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream
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I know plenty young black science fiction fans that credit Octavia Butler as
the beacon that l
rcock, Aldiss,
Brunner and Stapledon, though I count Zelazny as my primary influence.
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From : "votomguy"
27;ll probably ever be and got her respect among the sci/fi elite
> if not the mainstream.
>
> --- On Wed, 6/24/09, B. Smith wrote:
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> From: B. Smith
> Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream
> sci-fi press?
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups
iction fans. I enjoyed
> everything I've read by her but I can't say I'm a fan. She was a greater
> writer than I'll probably ever be and got her respect among the sci/fi elite
> if not the mainstream.
>
> --- On Wed, 6/24/09, B. Smith wrote:
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>
&g
;t say I'm a fan. She was a greater writer than I'll
probably ever be and got her respect among the sci/fi elite if not the
mainstream.
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, B. Smith wrote:
From: B. Smith
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi
press?
She's highly regarded but not given the same respect as the legendary hard
sci-fi types. Her work falls into the more literary side of the genre and in
some ways she was more highly regarded outside the genre.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote:
>
> George, it's possible
George, it's possible, but I see her lack of props as being more a matter of
the mainstream SF press not knowing what the frell it's doing. IMO, they've
become like the music industry, more interested in the flavor of the week than
actual decent work. When I go to the bookstore and browse the SF
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