Military Anthology - Boys Club?

[julieandrews]

I saw this listed in Scalzi's new arrivals on Whatever and I got to wondering how many women made the cut.

Citizens, an anthology of military sf by people who served in the military.

From Amazon:
"Among the top writers appearing in Citizens are Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Elizabeth Moon, Gordon R. Dickson, David Drake, Joe Haldeman, Harry Harrison, Keith Laumer, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Gene Wolfe and more"

I was scanning the list to see if Tiptree made it in, and overlooked Elizabeth Moon in there.

A military sf story of Tiptree's doesn't immediately spring to mind, but I know there must be some. I don't have a full list of the TOC. Anyone know if there's a Tiptree in here? And if Elizabeth Moon is the only woman?

Tanya Huff has written some military sf (any short stories? I'm not sure). Wikipedia says she was in the Canadian Naval Reserve.

If there is a Tiptree, it's a shame the product description left her out. I haven't even heard of Keith Laumer.

Comments

[tomomi.livejournal.com]

If she's the only woman that's pathetic, especially after the business last year. I'm not advocating some kind of quota system but these anthologies sure seem biased. If you don't ever hear from the women authors, they aren't going to spring to mind when you're coming up with a list for a new collection...

[julieandrews.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth Moon's name appears in the description, but not in the TOC. Is this another case where they'll say 'we contacted a bunch of women, but none of them gave us anything'?

Is that a numbers thing? They didn't contact enough. Or is it a real problem with women not delivering on time?

[tomomi.livejournal.com]

Well, an awful lot of the men are -dead-. Clearly they were not contacted, their estates were raided.

[julieandrews.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's a good point. These are reprints. I didn't consider that.

[julieandrews.livejournal.com]

I just realized the library has it. I believe this is the full table of contents:


Introduction / John Ringo -- Field test / Keith Laumer -- Allamagoosa / Erik Frank Russell -- Exploration team / Murray Leinster -- Superiority / Arthur C. Clarke -- Horars of war / Gene Wolfe -- Fireproof / Hal Clement -- Peace with honor / Jerry Pournelle -- Under the hammer / David Drake -- Time piece / Joe W. Haldeman -- Neither sleet, nor snow, nor alien invasion / Dave Freer -- Light / Kacey Grannis -- Question / Patrick A. Vanner -- Price / Michael Z. Williamson -- Earth's first improved chimp gets a job as a janitor / John Ringo -- Long watch / Robert A. Heinlein.


But.. that doesn't have Elizabeth Moon _AT ALL_.. unless she has a pen name. And Kacey may be a woman.

I've put a hold request on it so I can see for myself, but I'm 2nd in the queue, so it'll be awhile.

[jesse_the_k]

Elizabeth Bear aka matociquala has written a near-future military trilogy whose hero is well on the way to cyborg status due to so many prostheses. Gratifyingly, these keep breaking down, just like real assistive tech often does.

The Jenny Casey Trilogy

* Hammered (2005)
* Scardown (2005)
* Worldwired (2005)