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Rebecca Rice  
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 More options Jul 5, 12:47 am
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
From: Rebecca Rice <philosphe...@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:47:43 -0700
Local: Sat, Jul 5 2008 12:47 am
Subject: Re: Old Tea Leaf Reviews 18: 1998 Locus Poll Best First Novel

James Nicoll wrote:
> 11 The Troika                        Stepan Chapman  

>    I missed this.

>    I think this was his lone novel.

> 13 Lives of the Monster Dogs         Kirsten Bakis  

>    I missed this.

>    This appears to be their only book.

I have to ask... what's with the use of "their" instead of
his/her?  I can see doing it where you aren't sure of gender
(say someone named Pat), but Kirsten is almost positively a
female name.

Rebecca


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