I wish to god someone would give him one of James Tiptree's stories. And not something obvious like "The Women Men Don't See". "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" might do.
I don't know about you guys, but I've had it with super-strong little women who aren't me.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Consuela - Jun 02, 2011 12:13:16 pm PDT #15034 of 28286
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Kathy A - Jun 02, 2011 12:21:50 pm PDT #15035 of 28286
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I thought it was pretty obvious a woman had written "Houston, Houston," it's so rabidly anti-male.
Kathy A - Jun 02, 2011 12:22:31 pm PDT #15036 of 28286
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Maybe "Shambleau" by CL Moore would be a good alternative.
Strix - Jun 02, 2011 12:23:39 pm PDT #15037 of 28286
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
One day, I will find a collected works of Moore. Shambleau is the only one of her shorts I've read and she's so interesting.
Kathy A - Jun 02, 2011 12:39:42 pm PDT #15038 of 28286
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My prof in my feminist lit class (all SF/fantasy written by women) used The Best of C.L. Moore, edited by Lester Del Ray, for the two stories we read (Shambleau and Black God's Kiss). I spent the next ten years looking for that collection, and literally squealed in delight when I found it at a Friends of the Library book sale in Lake Zurich in the mid-90s.
There are two separate collections currently in print--Black God's Kiss has all the Jirel of Joiry stories, and Northwest of Earth has all the Northwest Smith stories.
Strix - Jun 02, 2011 12:48:53 pm PDT #15039 of 28286
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
OMG, that sounds like such a fun class, Kathy!
Kathy A - Jun 02, 2011 12:54:31 pm PDT #15040 of 28286
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
We started out with some Utopian novel from the 18th century that was very forgettable, but then moved right into Frankenstein and then some really great stuff (she tossed in "The Yellow Wallpaper" for its psychological horror), including Moore, Tiptree, and lots of others. I still have the short-story collection we used as our reading material on one of my shelves--I'll have to pull it out tonight and see what else is in there.
Kate P. - Jun 02, 2011 12:56:34 pm PDT #15041 of 28286
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I failed it: it told me quite snarkily that I clearly need to read more books by men. *grins*
Ha! I failed it quite spectacularly: 2 out of 10, and one of the correct answers doesn't count because I recognized the book and knew who its author was.
DavidS - Jun 02, 2011 1:06:01 pm PDT #15042 of 28286
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
One day, I will find a collected works of Moore. Shambleau is the only one of her shorts I've read and she's so interesting.
I sent Tep the collection of Northwest Smith stories. They're pretty great. Sort of like Han Solo plus alien drugs and freaky sex.
Ginger - Jun 02, 2011 1:23:39 pm PDT #15043 of 28286
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I also failed it and it suggested that I might be a girl. There are times I can tell; I suspected Tiptree back in the day and knew for sure with "The Women Men Don't See," because, well, men really don't see those women.