Degrees: Joan Slonczewski (http://biology.kenyon.edu/slonc/slonc.htm) teaches molecular biology at Kenyon. Vonda McIntyre has a BS from UW (http://www.sff.net/people/Vonda/Vnm_bio.html) and did a year's grad work in genetics. I'd count bio/biochem as hard science, against archaeology/anthropology and other "social" sciences. Believe it or not, Katherine Kurtz (http://www.twbookmark.com/authors/64/163/) has a chemistry BS.
ISTR that Elizabeth Moon has a biology degree as well. Linda Nagata's degree is in zoology, which gets us out of hard sci, I think. Things that count even less for your question: Diane Duane studied astrophysics for a year or two before switching to nursing, and yhlee has a Bachelor's in math.
Does anyone know in which subject Pat Murphy and Pat Cadigan took their respective degrees?
Hard sf: I'm blanking. Would you count Kathleen Goonan, or is biotech-driven stuff that sounds like it wants to be the new cyberpunk (Paul McAuley's Fairyland comes to mind, too) not really hard sf?
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Date: 2004-05-22 09:54 am (UTC)ISTR that Elizabeth Moon has a biology degree as well. Linda Nagata's degree is in zoology, which gets us out of hard sci, I think. Things that count even less for your question: Diane Duane studied astrophysics for a year or two before switching to nursing, and
Does anyone know in which subject Pat Murphy and Pat Cadigan took their respective degrees?
Hard sf: I'm blanking. Would you count Kathleen Goonan, or is biotech-driven stuff that sounds like it wants to be the new cyberpunk (Paul McAuley's Fairyland comes to mind, too) not really hard sf?