[lit-ideas] feminist science fiction?
- From: "Mirembe Nantongo" <nantongo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 07:34:50 +0100
I have just finished reading Ursula Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness."
Without being sure why, I do not normally read fantasy or science fiction (with
the exception of Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Frank Herbert and Ursula Le Guin) but
have lately become interested in reading about imagined civilizations crafted
either by women or in a gender-neutral fashion. "The Left Hand" is one such
work, and very interesting reading it makes - quite apart from the fact that Le
Guin is a consummate story teller and would be worth reading whatever she wrote
about. Am looking for other works with a similar focus and am now drowning in a
sea of information from this site: http://www.feministsf.org/femsf/bibs/
The site classifies feminist science fiction works in many different ways (e.g.
matriarchies, separatism, feminist utopias, role reversal societies, women-only
worlds, Amazon societies, intentional communities designed by women, etc etc)
and there are long lists of authors and their works. The problem is I haven't
heard of most of them and have no idea what is worth reading and where to start.
Any recommendations will be most gratefully received.
Regards, Mirembe
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