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Niall ([personal profile] coalescent) wrote2007-08-29 10:18 am

Who's missing?

[Poll #1046886]

Actual answer here. Vote before you click.

EDIT: See also [livejournal.com profile] jlassen's two entries, and Andrew Wheeler here.

FURTHER EDIT: Commentary from [livejournal.com profile] rosefox here and [livejournal.com profile] cristalia here.

Re: The real answer

[identity profile] jamiam.livejournal.com 2007-08-30 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess it depends on whether or not the authors involved believe that the merits of an entire group of writers are being systematically overlooked (by publishers, in this case; editors and readers in others) because of unconscious biases and/or a long-standing cultural perception that SF is by men, for men. For example.

But this isn't actually about the authors' reaction to the cover: since this is purely a marketing consideration, the only reaction that matters is the readers'.