[lit-ideas] Re: feminist science fiction?
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:08:49 +0000
Thank you. I didn't know about _Women of Wonder_, I must get it.
Monday, February 14, 2005, 12:36:09 AM, Cathy wrote:
C> Let me add Octavia Butler, a black woman who was writing in the fifties, the
C> classic era in which the stereotypic sci-writer and reader was a white male,
C> in particular, a geeky, white male. Angela Carter's post-holocaust
C> examination of society and gender roles, _Heroes and Villains_, is a
C> personal favorite as is Anne McCaffrey's _The Ship Who Sang_ although
C> McCaffrey is better known for her _Dragons of Pern_ series.
C> All of these writers, and more, are represented in a two-volume set entitled
C> _Women of Wonder_. If you find the set, be sure to look at Butler's
C> "Bloodchild" and James Tiptree, Jr.'s " The Women Men Don't See." Tiptree
C> is a nom de plume for Alice Sheldon.
C> Catherine
C> ----- Original Message -----
C> From: "Judy Evans" <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
C> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
C> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:34 AM
C> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: feminist science fiction?
C> In a rush (on my way out for coffee..) just to say I'll look into
C> this (properly) later. Meanwhile Marge Piercy's _Woman On the Edge of Time_
C> would normally be recommended, then there's Doris Lessing's work.
C> Would _A Handmaid's Tale_ count?
C> LeGuin is amazing. Have you read _The Dispossessed_?
C> Judy
C> Sunday, February 13, 2005, 6:34:50 AM, Mirembe Nantongo wrote:
MN>> I have just finished reading Ursula Le Guin's "The Left Hand
MN>> of Darkness." Without being sure why, I do not normally read
MN>> fantasy or science fiction (with the exception of Tolkien, C.S.
MN>> Lewis, Frank Herbert and Ursula Le Guin) but have lately become
MN>> interested in reading about imagined civilizations crafted either
MN>> by women or in a gender-neutral fashion. "The Left Hand" is one
MN>> such work, and very interesting reading it makes - quite apart
MN>> from the fact that Le Guin is a consummate story teller and would
MN>> be worth reading whatever she wrote about. Am looking for other
MN>> works with a similar focus and am now drowning in a sea of
MN>> information from this site: http://www.feministsf.org/femsf/bibs/
MN>> The site classifies feminist science fiction works in many
MN>> different ways (e.g. matriarchies, separatism, feminist utopias,
MN>> role reversal societies, women-only worlds, Amazon societies,
MN>> intentional communities designed by women, etc etc) and there are
MN>> long lists of authors and their works. The problem is I haven't
MN>> heard of most of them and have no idea what is worth reading and
MN>> where to start.
MN>> Any recommendations will be most gratefully received.
MN>> Regards, Mirembe
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