Re: Lots of Western names (and non-Western) are gender-neutral. Nicknames, too.
Danae al'Thor Send a noteboard - 12/09/2010 11:02:36 PM
It does sound interesting, but the woman called Sir Perceval thing kind of makes it sound like she's trying too hard to subvert tropes...
Who's to say the future won't have more of them, in different contexts?
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Dust by Elizabeth Bear
- 12/09/2010 09:36:24 PM
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There are Elizabeth Moon books at my bookshop.
- 12/09/2010 10:05:25 PM
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Re: Elizabeth Moon is a very different writer. 
- 12/09/2010 10:07:56 PM
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Different from other writers, or she writes with varied topics and styles? *NM*
- 12/09/2010 10:41:26 PM
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Re: For this convo, very different from Elizabeth Bear. *NM*
- 12/09/2010 10:43:11 PM
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Sir Perceval is a she?
- 12/09/2010 10:24:05 PM
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Re: Women can be chivalrous too! All they need is a horse!
- 12/09/2010 10:30:47 PM
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And a male name?
- 12/09/2010 10:53:34 PM
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Re: Lots of Western names (and non-Western) are gender-neutral. Nicknames, too.
- 12/09/2010 11:02:36 PM
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