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Ruth Nestvold

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Ursula K Le Guin, Rosemary Sutcliff

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Ruth Nestvold has published widely in science fiction and fantasy, her fiction appearing in such markets as Asimov’s, F&SF, Baen’s Universe, Strange Horizons, Realms of Fantasy, and Gardner Dozois’s Year’s Best Science Fiction. Her work has been nominated for the Nebula, Tiptree, and Sturgeon Awards. In 2007, the Italian translation of her novella “Looking Through Lace” won the “Premio Italia” award for best international work. Since 2012, she’s been concentrating her efforts on self-publishing rather than traditional publishing, although she does still occasionally sell a story the old-fashioned way. She maintains a web site at http://www.ruthnestvold.com and blogs at https://ruthnestvold.wordpress.com. ...more

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Tough Times for Beset Manhood; Or, Where Has Good Old Golden Age SF Gone?

by Ruth Nestvold and Jay Lake

Originally published in IROSF in October, 2005

The title of this essay borrows from a by-now classic article in feminist literary criticism, Nina Baym’s “Melodramas of Beset Manhood.” Baym asserts that literary criticism developed a theory of “American” literature in such a way that it was nearly impossible for women writers to be included in the canon. While

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	Yseult: A Tale of Love in the Age of King Arthur (The Pendragon Chronicles, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking Through Lace (Looking Through Lace, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow of Stone (The Pendragon Chronicles, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gawain and Ragnell (The Pendragon Chronicles, #3) 3.78 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island of Glass (The Age of Magic:The Glassmakers Book 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never Ever After: Three Short Stories 3.26 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Waters of the World (Looking Through Lace #2) 3.79 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chameleon in a Mirror 3.86 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon Time and Other Stories 3.71 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Future, Imperfect: Six Dystopian Short Stories 3.49 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Anyone who knew the recipe of the alchemists could make gold, but only the artisans of Murano could make glass so fine, one could nearly touch one's fingers together on either side; cristallo without an imperfection or blemish, clear as the sky, with a sparkle to rival that of diamonds.”
― Ruth Nestvold, Island of Glass

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“he had surely seen the way Drystan looked at Yseult.”
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“War aged everyone quickly, and killed them off even faster.”
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