Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-08-13 Thread C.W. Badie
n > 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? > > > > > > True. I love the hard science/ military scifi books so tho

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-07-02 Thread Milton Davis
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 press? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 4:37 AM OK I know I am late, but p

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-29 Thread Reece Jennings
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

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-27 Thread Reece Jennings
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

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-27 Thread votomguy
th Cavalry, or the 555th > (Triple Nickle) Paratrooper battalion... > > > _ > > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of votomguy > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 10:52 AM > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-26 Thread wlrouge
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

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-26 Thread Reece Jennings
of great reading by pre-judging SF. > > > > > > _ > > > > From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogro ups.com] On > > Behalf Of Milton Davis > > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:38 PM > > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > &g

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-26 Thread votomguy
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: > > > From: votomguy > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream > sc

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-26 Thread Milton Davis
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

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-26 Thread votomguy
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: > > > From: votomguy > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream > s

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-25 Thread Milton Davis
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

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-25 Thread Milton Davis
black females. But then again that might be > because black females read a lot more than we brothers. > > --- On Thu, 6/25/09, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > > > From: Martin Baxter > Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream > sci-fi press? > To

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-25 Thread votomguy
ading by pre-judging SF. > > > _ > > 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 > Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrate

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-25 Thread Reece Jennings
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: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-25 Thread Milton Davis
: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 4:37 PM That comprises a graduating class of considerable note. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia B

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-25 Thread Milton Davis
ubject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 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

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-25 Thread Milton Davis
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

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-25 Thread Martin Baxter
That comprises a graduating class of considerable note. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press? Date : Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:22:52 -0400 From : "Reece Jennings" To : I love her

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-25 Thread Reece Jennings
to:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On 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 sci-fi press? I know plenty young black science fiction fans that credit Octavia Butler as the beacon that l

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-25 Thread Martin Baxter
rcock, Aldiss, Brunner and Stapledon, though I count Zelazny as my primary influence. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press? Date : Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:22:09 - From : "votomguy"

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-25 Thread 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: > > > From: B. Smith > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream > sci-fi press? > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-25 Thread ravenadal
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: > > &g

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-25 Thread Milton Davis
;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?

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Is Octavia Butler underrated in mainstream sci-fi press?

2009-06-23 Thread B. Smith
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