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(To say nothing of the unjustly ignored problem of the armored wedgie.) Postal Service, neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night would be enough to get her to change into something more sensible, less drafty, and less likely to cause certain strategic areas of the anatomy to freeze or fry on contact. In the olden days, when comics still cost a dime and licorice whips wasn’t the name of an X-rated movie, if you did have a Woman Warrior she would almost invariably be clothed in some variation on the chain-mail bikini. Now I’ll be the first to admit, today’s crop of Ladies Who Lunge (and Parry and Thrust) has it all over their predecessoresses in one department Wardrobe. You can still view this less-thanendangered species by opening the pages of Spande-xina! Mutant Babe of the Parallel Universe.) (Granted, this beats the heck out of her venerable Woman Warrior ancestresses, whose posture problems all came from physiques that made them look like they’d been hit from the back by the proverbial brace of torpedoes.

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But mostly, alas, she’s got a posture problem, either from that chip on her shoulder or from toting around the full weight of an Author’s Message. She’s more than a match for any fighting man.

She’s strong, she’s capable, she’s independent, and she’s serious. It’s been my humble opinion for a while now that the Woman Warrior in today’s crop of fantasy literature has gone beyond stereotype all the way to quadrophonic. I’ve never been one to leave sleeping stereotypes lie. When I mentioned the title I wanted to use, the reaction I got everywhere-from editor, publisher, and potential contributors alike-was: “Are you sure you want to call it that?”īut we called it by that title anyway. When I told people the concept I wanted to use for this anthology, the reaction I got everywhere was not just favorable, it was downright enthusiastic (viz: “Cool!”). Well, I’d like to make one thing perfectly clear right from the outset: It’s all my fault. I’ll bet you’re wondering about the title of this book. Box 1403 Riverdale, NY 10471 ISBN: 978-1-4391-3301-9 Cover art by Clyde Caldwell First Baen printing, December 2010 Distributed by Simon & Schusterġ230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1įor Alice Lewis and for Bellatrix They know whyĪnd a special round of thanks to Toni Weisskopf, who girded on editorial armor and said, “Yes, she can use that title.” Chicks ‘n Chained ﾭvidually.Īll rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. Did You Say Chicks?! © 1998 by Esther Friesner and Martin Harry Greenberg. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.Ĭhicks in Chainmail © 1995 by Esther Friesner.

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