andrews@yale.ARPA (Thomas O. Andrews) (10/21/85)
>Sorry to say, I can't think of many male sf author that don't have a Boy >Scout's view of either the opposite sex or any kind of sex. However, I do >think that Samuel R. Delaney has never written ``sexist chaff''. I read Delany's _Triton_ this summer, and was impressed with his frank portrait of a male chauvanist. I'm not sure if a feminist could stomach the book, because the main character is such a bastard, but I found that he was a believable bastard. It's an unpleasant book which attacks many male self-deceptions that lead to chauvanism. At times, I was suprised at the similarity between this person and myself, and at other times, I loathed him. Any other perspectives? -- Thomas Andrews 17? My dear, what worthless, superstitious nonsense!