Joan Bernott

Joan Bernott is an American author of short science fiction whose work has appeared in the anthologies Again, Dangerous Visions and Cassandra Rising.

Literature

Joan Bernott was born Catholic [1] and is best known for works of short fiction which focus on themes surrounding personal relationships and the ways in which fantastic circumstance can illustrate the complexities of everyday situations.[1]

For example, her story "The Test-Tube Creature, Afterward" centers on the relationship of a young scientist and his strained relationship with a "creature" of his own creation. The themes explored include jealousy, responsibility and an examination of different types of love;[2] themes which first appear in "My Father's Guest" and later reappear in "Troll Road".

Bibliography
  • "My Father's Guest" (1970) - Quark/1, Paperback Library
  • "The Way Home" (1971) - Quark/2, Paperback Library
  • "Test-Tube Creature, Afterward, The" (1973) - Again, Dangerous Visions, Doubleday
  • "Troll Road" (1978) - Cassandra Rising, Doubleday
gollark: If I were to redesign school, it would be much less regimented (you would not be grouped by year etc.), more flexible (an actually sane schedule and more/earlier choice of subjects), and focus on more general skills (not overly specific reading of books, or learning procedures for specific maths things, or that sort of thing). Additionally, more project-based work and more group stuff.
gollark: Those are specific uses of some of those things, yes. Which is why those are important. Although programming isn't intensely mathy and interest is trivial.
gollark: I assume you mean interpersonal? School is really bad for that as it stands because you're artificially segmented into people of ~exactly the same age in a really weird environment.
gollark: *Ideally*, at least, school works as a place to learn things from those who know them well and discuss it with interested peers.
gollark: Unfortunately, this is implemented poorly.

References
  1. "Science Fiction/Fantasy Authors of Various Faiths". adherents.com.
  2. "The WSFA Journal #84, December 1974". wsfa.org.


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