Ken Brown wrote: > Peter Gutmann wrote: > > > > >For some reason the mention of a "Susan B Anthony" dollar stuck in my brain as > > >an "Alice B Sheldon" dollar. > > [...] > > > Not being from the US I have no idea who either of those two are, but that does > > raise an interesting point: Maybe the reason no-one wants the coin is because > > of who's on it. Solution: Mint a coin with La Cicciolina (or whoever the US > > equivalent would be) on it. They'd be able to get rid of at least 140M of > > them. > > I suspect the contemporary US equivalent is Britney Spears :-( > > Alice Sheldon was better known as "James Tiptree Junior" and if you > haven't read any of her short stories you have a treat in store. Well, > "treat" is perhaps the wrong word for something quite so strong. Sex, > death, and rockets. The sort of sf that makes you feel the star-winds > in your hair. > > Ken > > Try "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?"...
a fine writer, even if he is a woman. ;) -- Dr. Strangelove
