mooremj@eglin-vax (10/22/85)
From: "MARTIN J. MOORE" <mooremj@eglin-vax> >From: Caro.PA@Xerox.ARPA >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. Let me be the Nth to point out that both Tiptree and Norton are female. >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. Well, that's true; however, I don't really think the Gor books are what the original requestor had in mind. The society of Gor is *extremely* male-dominated. I read the first 2 or 3 of these when they came out, and thought they were written tongue-in-cheek, but gradually came to the conclusion that they weren't; this is one case where I believe the author really *is* saying what his characters say. My recommendation for an excellent feminist novel is _Native_Tongue_ by Suzette Haden Elgin. Elgin's Ozark Trilogy (_Twelve_Fair_Kingdoms_, _The_Grand_Jubilee, and _And_Then_There'll_Be_Fireworks_) also have very strong female protagonists (and are a lot of fun, to boot!) marty moore (mooremj@eglin-vax.arpa) ------