The Interweave Knits Fall '03 has a whole article on Geek Chic plus a spread of variations on the DNA cable.
For beginning knitters, Sally Melville's The Knit Stitch is probably my favorite.
You might also want to look for weavers. Not just the Fibonacci sequence, but symmetry and tesselation, too. Some of overshot patterns look like Escher backgrounds -- and are a real pain to thread correctly.
Don't forget Mickey Mouse, who probably tops that list.
I'd certainly like to hear about your conversation with Joanna Russ. What were your conclusions.
Marty-Sues do wind up being the 'Coolest Guy' in the universe, and often get every desirable woman they care to notice. I'd say Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan went from okay character to MartySue in fairly short order.
I think Campbell called it the change from Hero with a Thousand Face to Emperor of Everything. The Emperor is quite boring to read about, though he makes an okay villian. But MartySues are never written as villians...
What about when a series character turns *into* a Mary Sue? I'm thinking of Laurell Hamilton's 'Anita Blake, Vampire Executioner' novels. They started off as rather nifty fantasy/mystery novels, and have degraded to where every male character either is in love with the heroine or is killed by her?
The editorial process failed, but why? Was the author too popular for the editors to have any control, or what?
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