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From: FIRTH@TL-20B.ARPA
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Subject: feminist SF
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From: FIRTH@TL-20B.ARPA

On the subject of feminist SF

After two false starts, I've decided that I'm not competent
to offer advice about this matter.  Hence, let me suggest
that a possible starting point might be

	Bradley: Sword & Sorceress I, II, &c

a series of collections of "heroic fantasy" stories.  These
are fairly diverse, and give some introduction to many respected
authors in this vein.

On a slightly different tack, here are some works that make one
think deeply about sexuality and its necessary (or unnecessary)
consequences

	Sturgeon: Venus Plus X
	Wyndham:  Consider Her Ways
	LeGuin:   The Left Hand of Darkness

Finally, may I recommend the best feminist work of
fiction in my library (even though it isn't SF)

	Wells: Ann Veronica

Robert Firth
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