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Meet Me At Infinity: The Uncollected Tiptree: Fiction and Nonfiction QUOTES

1 " A woman writing of the joy and terror of furious combat, or of the lust of torture and killing, or of the violent forms of evil--isn’t taken quite seriously. Because women aren't as capable of violent physical assault--not to speak of rape--as men are[...] So when one who writes about serious, violent evil turns out to be female, some readers may feel cheated--particularly if an action scene has stirred them. Now it all seems flat, even false--'What the hell does she know about real fighting? "

― James Tiptree Jr. , Meet Me At Infinity: The Uncollected Tiptree: Fiction and Nonfiction