Gwenda

Last Itzkoff-y post ever (or at least until he sins again). Curtis Brown agent Ginger Clark responds in a letter to the NYTBR (scroll to fourth letter). It’s a thing of beauty:

More disappointing, Itzkoff’s reading list, which appeared on the Web, contains only two works written within the last 15 years and not a single one by a woman. Where are the novels of Ursula K. LeGuin, Lois McMaster Bujold, Alice Sheldon (a k a James Tiptree Jr.) and the recently departed Octavia E. Butler? I very much hope he has read ”The Left Hand of Darkness” and ”The Parable of the Sower.” And will Itzkoff ever touch on fantasy in his column? Or are those books even more humiliating to read? I’d better hide my George R. R. Martin and Gene Wolfe right now — someone on the F train might think badly of me! Please, Book Review: There is nothing wrong with science fiction.

Behind the cut. Snitched from Instant Fanzine, where you can see a complete list with some quick reaction. (Thanks, Niall!)

I’d just like to say again, that for a convention with so many members, the number of people nominating (and ultimately voting) in these categories is depressingly low. At first glance, at least in the fiction categories, still too few women on the ballot (looks to be the same as last year actually — three). (Since the Campbell’s not technically a Hugo, I’m not counting it — see Niall’s excellent comment below.) But there is some good stuff on here, no doubt about it. Congratulations to the nominees!

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