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The best of cl moore5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() In these ten stories published from 1933 to 1946 in such magazines as Weird Tales, Famous Fantastic Mysteries,and Astounding Science Fiction, Moore displays her broad interest and particular style. Moore was one of the pioneers of women's science fiction writing. After all these years, "The Tree of Life" remains a great read, and excellent introduction to the works of Catherine, or C. It wasn\'t until fans dug up the obituary of James Tiptree Jr.\'s mother that "he" was identified as Alice Sheldon. Most notable female science fiction authors either used initials or gender-neutral pseudonyms, for a good many years after that era. Going by her initials was largely a practical matter at the time Catherine Moore was writing, there was a strong prejudice that science fiction writing should be masculine, and female authors had a very difficult time getting an audience. ![]() The two became acquainted after Kuttner wrote her a letter, thinking (due to her pen name) that she was a man. Moore wrote alongside her husband, Harry Kuttner. This is a great story, offering a good sampling of Moore\'s "Weird Tales" output from the 1930\'s. "The Tree of Life" is a classic science fiction novelette by Catherine L. ![]()
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