(I mean, wanting sex in the cab on the way to give birth? As IF.)
Ha ha ha! Really? Every day and in many ways, Heinlein feels more and more like a stereotypical fanfic writer to me. Except he wrote fanfic about the world, instead of a TV show. Which, come to think, is sort of a comforting and entertaining thought.
I've got my fair share of [SF] authors I adored when I was 14 and find problematic now, and that's only 14 years' (and no major American cultural revolutions') difference. Partly, it's just growing up, but partly, it's learning to take any and all reference to alternate political structures with a grain of salt the size of Texas.
Betsy, are you well-read in Andre Norton? Could you recommend a few titles?
Damn! That reminds me that somewhere in my apartment there's an ancient copy of Moon of Three Rings that I never got around to reading. Must add more hours to day, stat.
Every day and in many ways, Heinlein feels more and more like a stereotypical fanfic writer to me.
Everything makes sense, now. If we replace Wyoh and Manny with Justin and JC, it all makes perfect sense.
Betsy, it's odd. I feel the same way about Princess Leia. Born in '73, was I. She was the first female asskicker I ever knew, and as an added bonus, was all smoochie with Han Solo. HAN SOLO.
Nutty, Moon of Three Rings is an excellent choice. I remember liking the Witch World books, but I haven't tried rereading them. I loved all the YAs with "magic" in the title -- Lavender-Green Magic stands out. She's been sharecropping since the mid-1980s, so I'd recommend sticking to her earlier stuff.
Betsy, it's odd. I feel the same way about Princess Leia. Born in '73, was I. She was the first female asskicker I ever knew, and as an added bonus, was all smoochie with Han Solo. HAN SOLO.
Well, for me there was Wonder Woman and the Bionic Woman (on TV) before Leia. But they were kinda' lame. It must have been the utter lack of snark.
I remember I was dissapointed that Leia had to be Jaba's bikini-clad harem girl in Return of the Jedi.
I remember I was dissapointed that Leia had to be Jaba's bikini-clad harem girl in Return of the Jedi.
Oh, I was pleased. Because she subverted the whole thing and strangled Jabba with his own chain. Go Leia.
The heroines of the two Raiders sequels, though? Pfui. Give me Marian any day.
Oh, I was pleased. Because she subverted the whole thing and strangled Jabba with his own chain. Go Leia.
Also, hot.
t /shallow
wonders who he's kidding - that tag never closes
Give me Marian any day.
I loved how she could drink a guy much larger than her under the table, and then be completely sober five minutes later.
Marian is okay for the first fifteen minutes of the film. Then she turns into this needing-to-be-rescued, evil-monkey-loving thing that shrieks "Indeeeee" all the time, and really pisses me off.
The heroines of the two Raiders sequels, though? Pfui. Give me Marian any day.
Also forced to wear something ridiculous by a villian and then have to kick ass while wearing the ridiculous thing.
Also happened in True Lies.
Manny buys Wyoh a dress that's size too small, right? But she slinks around in happiness, whereas Leia and Marian are both like, "the FUCK?"
Trying to think of another movie where the heroine or female lead is forced to wear something ridiculous and then spend the rest of the flick having to fight in heels and a dress. Le Femme Nikita?
