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From: 6243tes@whuts.UUCP (STERKEL)
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Subject: RE: Re: feminist sf/fantasy
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Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 14:37:20 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 24 14:37:20 1985
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From postnews Thu Oct 24 14:33:58 1985

> > 
> >      I'm looking for the names of some feminist sf/fantasy authors and/or
> > works.  I've already got a few favorites, but I'm sick of sorting through
> > sexist chaff and I could really use some recommendations from sisters or
> > brothers out there.
> > Mary Malmros
> 
> You may already have these, but Ursala Leguin and Joanna Russ are the
> first names to come to mind.  The former is probably my favorite author.
> The latter is pretty good.  One other book is "Native Tongue" by
> Suzette Elgin.
> --

Another writer is Marion Zimmer Bradley.  She has cranked out accept-
able to very good SF.  In the SF catagoy, she has a series of books
on a "colonized/forgotton/decline to barbarismpainful move to civil-
ization/special power discovery/rediscovery by earth" planet called
"Darkover".  Some of the Darkover books apparently were co-authored by 
member(s) (?) of her fan club (Darkover Society?) (I am fuzzy on
details).  In this group, I recommend Thenarda (sp) House, a beautiful
book on friendship and switching places between alien cultures.  It
is currently available in main line bookstores.

Marion has branched out into fantasy, writing (in her own words) 
"my first non-pot-boiler serious bood"  "Mists of Avalon",  a very
large book on some best seller lists.  It is very rich and conse-
quently a slow read.  I have had to put it aside for later several
times which is a novel (pun intended) experience for me as I devour
the average SF/Fantasy in 5-6 hours.

Marion also is a frequent contributor to the Theives world series
(___. ___. Asperin, editor).

Terry (a brother)
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