Yes I see -- it really is an ocean... I see Joanna Russ's _The Female Man_ counts (it contains such a civilzation, but that's only part of the story), so I'll recommend it! James Tiptree Jr is almost always good so "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" probably will be. I can't find the really interesting book written in the Thirties, but then it's apparently little-known. Charlotte Perkins, _Herland_. I am now going to take a short-cut, use the Women's Studies' List's resources! Judy 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 -- mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html