[September 9, 1960] Willingly to Sequel (October 1960 Analog, lead novella)

[galacticjourney]

Analog, formerly Astounding, has a reputation for fielding the fewest female authors. Perhaps its because Campbell's magazine is the most conservative of the science fiction digests, or maybe its because of the conception that women's STF is somehow softer than the "real" deal. You know, with characterization and such.

So you can imagine my delight when I saw Pauline Ashwell once again has the lead novella in this month's Astounding, the second in her tales starring the spunky Lysistrata Lee. You may have caught the fun Unwillingly to School a couple of years ago in which Lee wins a scholarship to study on old Earth (after a bit of adversity, of course). The Lost Kafoozalum, which takes place after Lee graduates, and covers her first field mission, has that same unusual first person storytelling style as the earlier story.



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Comments

[stardreamer]

Just so you know, I'm the Lee who posted the recommendation on Making Light. It seemed to me that a lot of the regulars over there might enjoy a column like this one. I hope you get some new readers out of it!

[galacticjourney]

Thank you, Lee! Will you be at Geek Girl Con in Seattle next month?

[stardreamer]

Sadly, no -- although it sounds delightful and I'd love to give it a shot! But I'm in Houston, and it's 3 days' travel from here to there. Worth it for a Worldcon, but not for much of anything else.

[stardreamer]

Come to think of it... if it's not too much trouble, could you include some information in your con report about the estimated number of attendees and whether it the dealers seemed to be doing well? Eyes on the ground are always helpful, and if this gets big we might consider adding it to our schedule.

[galacticjourney]

Attendance is around 6000, and they have a thriving dealers hall. This will be my fifth time attending.