“A snappy label and a manifesto would have been two of the very last things on my own career want list. That label enabled mainstream science fiction to safely assimilate our dissident influence, such as it was. Cyberpunk could then be embraced and given prizes and patted on the head, and genre science fiction could continue unchanged.” WantHas BeensTwoLastsGivenMy OwnFictionCareersInfluenceScience FictionListsLabelsGenrePrizeMainstreamDissidentsCyberpunkManifestos Author:William Gibson
“There may be certain genres that men dominate, but fiction not so much. The question of prizes is tricky because there are so many prizes.” MenMayCertainFictionGenrePrizeTricky Author:Emma Donoghue
“There's something very strange about associating me with that prize. I had hoped for it in a more directed way as a journalist. Somehow as a journalist you know there are Pulitzers out there and you can work hard and get one. To win it for Fiction seems unbelievable.” KnowsWayHardSeemsWinningFictionStrangeHard WorkJournalistPrizeUnbelievable Author:Jennifer Egan
“I struggle with the fact that men's popular fiction is talked about differently. Books like mine don't get as many reviews and probably won't win any prizes, but they entertain the pants off of hundreds of thousands of women.” MenBookFactsWinningFictionStruggleMinesPrizeReviewsPants Author:Jennifer Weiner