[lit-ideas] Re: feminist science fiction?
- From: "Cathy" <ckerwan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 19:36:09 -0500
Let me add Octavia Butler, a black woman who was writing in the fifties, the
classic era in which the stereotypic sci-writer and reader was a white male,
in particular, a geeky, white male. Angela Carter's post-holocaust
examination of society and gender roles, _Heroes and Villains_, is a
personal favorite as is Anne McCaffrey's _The Ship Who Sang_ although
McCaffrey is better known for her _Dragons of Pern_ series.
All of these writers, and more, are represented in a two-volume set entitled
_Women of Wonder_. If you find the set, be sure to look at Butler's
"Bloodchild" and James Tiptree, Jr.'s " The Women Men Don't See." Tiptree
is a nom de plume for Alice Sheldon.
Catherine
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From: "Judy Evans" <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:34 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: feminist science fiction?
In a rush (on my way out for coffee..) just to say I'll look into
this (properly) later. Meanwhile Marge Piercy's _Woman On the Edge of Time_
would normally be recommended, then there's Doris Lessing's work.
Would _A Handmaid's Tale_ count?
LeGuin is amazing. Have you read _The Dispossessed_?
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
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