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Why Aren't More Black Female Science Fiction Writers?
Nettie grew up with classic sci-fi writers like Arthur C. Clarke, Ben Bova and Isaac Asimov. She found it difficult to relate to the worlds set in the future where you wouldn't even exist. Why do you suppose there aren't more black female science fiction writers? Probably because there aren’t more. There was only Samuel Delaney; that's what Octavia was coming into.