And of course, the five you've chosen also were five of the top six scorers in the poll (the sixth was Gwyneth Jones) so it's not like the readers of this thread disagree with your choice of who will sell books per se. But it is pretty depressing that the inclusion of women's names wouldn't help market the book (I suspect there is exactly one female writer in the world whose name you'd have put on that cover if you had a story by her), no matter how strong the stories are likely to be. It's even pretty depressing that when considering marketing an anthology, it doesn't occur to publishers that having a diverse lineup of authors might help. Possibly because it *wouldn't* help.
It does look like a really strong and interesting anthology!
I suspect there is exactly one female writer in the world whose name you'd have put on that cover if you had a story by her
Out of interest -- who? I can imagine Connie Willis and Ursula Le Guin making the cover. I'd be surprised if Kelly Link didn't, if she had a story in the book. For instance.
Yeah, I imagine she would. But according to ISFDB she's written a grand total of seven short stories in the past 21 years, so it seemed a bit like cheating to use her as an example. :)
Is this a UK anthology? If so then I wouldn't have thought Bujold's name would shift many copies.
I was thinking of LeGuin FWIW. Connie Willis is a brilliant short story writer and has multiple Hugos, but I am still not certain that her fame extends far beyond the SF community into the reading public.
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Re: The real answer
Date: 2007-08-30 08:00 am (UTC)It does look like a really strong and interesting anthology!
Re: The real answer
Date: 2007-08-30 08:16 am (UTC)Just not that many on the list to begin with
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Re: The real answer
Date: 2007-08-30 08:19 am (UTC)Out of interest -- who? I can imagine Connie Willis and Ursula Le Guin making the cover. I'd be surprised if Kelly Link didn't, if she had a story in the book. For instance.
Re: The real answer
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Date: 2007-08-30 09:15 am (UTC)Re: The real answer
Date: 2007-08-30 12:04 pm (UTC)I was thinking of LeGuin FWIW. Connie Willis is a brilliant short story writer and has multiple Hugos, but I am still not certain that her fame extends far beyond the SF community into the reading public.
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