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From: nancy@MIT-HTVAX.ARPA
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Subject: Re: feminist sf/fantasy
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Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 15:27:11 EDT
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From: Nancy Connor <nancy@MIT-HTVAX.ARPA>


    From: Caro.PA@Xerox.ARPA

    * 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 are also very well written.

I'm sure I won't be the only one to say this, but for the umpteenth
time (on this list, anyway)... you've made a few mistakes about the
gender of the writers you cite.  One of the reasons that James Tiptree
Jr. and Andre Norton both write about female characters so well is
because they *are* female, not male.

    * 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.

I don't agree with you about Piers Anthony.  He is very erratic in his
treatment of women.  He tends to make parodies of women and their
problems in many of his works, while he is *saying* that women deserve
better treatment... it seems very hypocritical to me.

	-Nancy Connor