rick (02/06/83)
For those who are wondering just *how* sexist Piers Anthony's Xanth novels really are, consider the following quote from his latest, Night Mare: "Women don't really want all the things they long for. All they really want is to long and be longed for." Used (as usual) without permission (forgive me...). rick floyd (seismo | allegra)!rochester!rick
russ (02/11/83)
#R:rocheste:-63800:kirk:25000003:000:261 kirk!russ Feb 8 14:27:00 1983 Having read the previous Xanth novels, I refuse to read Night Mare on the grounds that it might have a bad effect on my marriage. Piers is unabashedly sexist in ALL his novels. I don't read any of his works anymore. Russ Nelson ...hp-pcd!hp-cvd!russ
bvi (02/11/83)
Actually, NIGHT MARE is the *LEAST* sexist of that series. In it, Anthony tries to come to grips with the deliberate sexism in the other stories; the ending is, for Xanth, rather surprising (though perhaps not unexpected given the trend he established in OGRE, OGRE). It's well worth reading, but then I'm an Anthony fan. BTW, is anyone else of the opinion that Anthony's emphatic sexism in the Xanth novels is deliberately over-stated in order to make a (subtle) point about our society? I'm of two minds myself, but I know someone who feels strongly that the sexism is a deliberate put-on. Any ideas? Beatriz Infante