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From: clelau@wateng.UUCP (Eric C.L. Lau)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: feminist sf/fantasy
Message-ID: <2841@wateng.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 11:53:51 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 21 11:53:51 1985
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Reply-To: clelau@wateng.UUCP (Eric C.L. Lau)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

From: Caro.PA@Xerox.ARPA
> 
> Here are my favorites:
> 
> * The Screwfly Solution, James Tiptree Jr.
> For a man, Tiptree sure writes strong female characters well.  I also
> enjoy the upbeat endings that his novels always have.
> 
> * Witch World, etc., by Andre Norton
> Another male writer who espouses feminist views.  His female characters
...
> * A Spell For Chameleon, The Source Of Magic, Castle Roogna, etc., Piers
> Anthony
> I've found Piers Anthony to be an author who, unlike many others, has no
> problem at all with feminist doctrine.
> 
> * Titan, Wizard, Demon, John Varley
> Again, strong female characters.  A friend of mine pointed out that, "To
> Varley, a woman can only be a strong character if she is a Lesbian."
> 
> Others have suggested that John Norman's Gor series treat women in a
> radically different way than most other authors, but I haven't had a
> chance to read any of those books.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Commodore Perry
> 
> (-: Ask a silly question ... :-)

Almost had me fooled till I got to the :-)'s at the end.  I didn't think anyone
could make that many mistakes in one posting.  However I don't think it's a
silly question...

		Eric Lau
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