tillson%latour.DEC@decwrl.DEC.COM (10/21/85)
From: tillson%latour.DEC@decwrl.DEC.COM Mary, In my opinion, the best writer of feminist/non-sexist SF and fantasy is a man! I am referring to Samuel Delaney. I especially liked his Neveryona series (Neveryona, Tales of Neveryona, and Flight From Neveryona). It is fine feminist fantasy; while I was reading it I had to keep checking the cover to convince myself that it was not written by a women! I also really enjoyed Dhalgren and his latest, Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sands. No flames, please, - I realize that Delaney is not to everyone's taste. He can be verbose and has never felt obliged to stick to traditional forms of fiction. He IS very non-sexist, whether one likes his literary style or not (I do!). Other feminist/non-sexist authors you might enjoy: Elizabeth Lynn, Vonda Macintyre, Ursula Leguin, and Johanna Russ. If you haven't discovered these fine writers already, I will gladly recommend titles for you. One last note: I am an avid reader of Marion Zimmer Bradley. I do not consider her radical feminist works non-sexist because of her often derogatory attitude towards her male characters. This is especially true of her most recent book, Warrior Woman, which read like a feminist version of Gor. (I read it and enjoyed it anyway. Took it with the same grain of non-sexist salt that I take with H. Rider Haggard and Robert Heinlein's (rather sexist) writing.) It just goes to show that the sexist shoe fits as badly on the other foot. /phae
@amd.UUCP (10/24/85)
> In my opinion, the best writer of feminist/non-sexist SF and fantasy is > a man! I am referring to Samuel Delaney. Hey, wake up, folks: men can be feminists! Now, get this straight or you'll all be sentenced to net.women for a month! :-) L S Chabot