From LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Tue Feb 12 16:51:42 2002 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:38:39 -0600 From: "L-Soft list server at UIC (1.8d)" To: Laura Q Subject: File: "FEMINISTSF-LIT LOG0106C" ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:33:00 -0700 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Laura Quilter Subject: Sci Fi Channel adapting _Left Hand of Darkness_ and Earthsea trilogy Comments: To: feministsf@uic.edu, feministsf-lit@uic.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII fyi y'all -- Laura Quilter / lquilter@exo.net ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:57:09 -0400 From: Mary Anne Mohanraj http://www.scifi.com/sfw/current/news.html The SCI FI Channel announced a development deal with Jaffe/Braunstein to develop an original miniseries based on Ursula Le Guin's groundbreaking SF novel The Left Hand of Darkness. Alan Jacobs will produce the four-hour miniseries. Earlier, SCI FI announced a deal with Lawrence Bender Productions to develop Le Guin's Earthsea trilogy of novels into a six-hour original miniseries. Both projects are slated for 2003. The Left Hand of Darkness, first published in 1969, tells the story of a human ambassador sent to persuade the inhabitants of an arctic planet to join a multiplanet alliance. The ambassador encounters a society with an ancient culture, whose members possess the ability to become male or female. Left Hand won both Hugo and Nebula awards. ***** ------------------------------------------------------ This is the feministsf-lit listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf-lit Contact feministsf-lit-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 23:54:41 EDT Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Sophia Hegner Subject: Re: recommendations? Comments: To: feministsf-lit@uic.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, I've been wondering, is there any feminist sci fi that deals with race issues? I'm writing a paper on sci fi as a vehicle of social change, and I want to include a section dealing with race. I thought I'd mention the Uhura-Kirk kiss, for instance. I'm really interested in reading some novels that deal with race issues in futuristic societies, genetic differences leading to conflicts, plots along those lines... even alien race conflicts as metaphors... and I'm always more interested in pro-feminist plots. :) I appreciate any recommendations. Sophia "And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin ------------------------------------------------------ This is the feministsf-lit listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf-lit Contact feministsf-lit-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 23:10:05 -0700 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: John Snead Subject: Re: recommendations? Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC In-Reply-To: <200106160108.tilqdr.in3.37kbi14@pickering.mail.mindspring.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sophia Hegner wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've been wondering, is there any feminist sci fi that deals with race > issues? I'm writing a paper on sci fi as a vehicle of social change, > and I want to include a section dealing with race. I thought I'd > mention the Uhura-Kirk kiss, for instance. I'm really interested in > reading some novels that deal with race issues in futuristic > societies, genetic differences leading to conflicts, plots along those > lines... even alien race conflicts as metaphors... and I'm always more > interested in pro-feminist plots. :) > > I appreciate any recommendations. _Four Way sof Forgiveness_ by Ursula K. LeGuin _Dreamships_ and _Dreaming Metal_ by Melissa Scott (it conflates race and class issues a bit, but this is also true of our own culture). -John Snead sneadj@mindspring.com ------------------------------------------------------ This is the feministsf-lit listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf-lit Contact feministsf-lit-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 01:39:10 -0500 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Neil Rest Subject: Re: recommendations? Comments: To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC In-Reply-To: <42.1645fdc1.285c3281@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 11:54 PM 6/15/01 -0400, Sophia Hegner wrote: >I've been wondering, is there any feminist sci fi that deals with race >issues? I'm writing a paper on sci fi as a vehicle of social change, and I >want to include a section dealing with race. I thought I'd mention the >Uhura-Kirk kiss, for instance. I'm really interested in reading some novels >that deal with race issues in futuristic societies, genetic differences >leading to conflicts, plots along those lines... even alien race conflicts as >metaphors... and I'm always more interested in pro-feminist plots. :) > >I appreciate any recommendations. On just race, "The Day the Martians Came", by (I'm pretty sure) Fred Pohl, immediately comes to mind. In _Starship Troopers_, there are very few Europeans in the world society (and, in passing, a very flattering reference to Sandino -- written at the end of the 50's!). (_Citizen of the Galaxy_ has some excellent feminist pedagogy, too.) Neil -- NeilRest@enteract.com ------------------------------------------------------ This is the feministsf-lit listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf-lit Contact feministsf-lit-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 20:26:35 -0000 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Wilhelmina Thomas Subject: Re: recommendations? Comments: To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Try Octavia Butler-start with Kindred. The novel authored by Lavar Burton has several interesting premise the most disturbing is harvest people of color for their skin. Wilhelmina >From: Sophia Hegner >Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC > >To: feministsf-lit@UIC.EDU >Subject: Re: [*FSF-L*] recommendations? >Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 23:54:41 EDT > >Hi all, > >I've been wondering, is there any feminist sci fi that deals with race >issues? I'm writing a paper on sci fi as a vehicle of social change, and I >want to include a section dealing with race. I thought I'd mention the >Uhura-Kirk kiss, for instance. I'm really interested in reading some novels >that deal with race issues in futuristic societies, genetic differences >leading to conflicts, plots along those lines... even alien race conflicts >as >metaphors... and I'm always more interested in pro-feminist plots. :) > >I appreciate any recommendations. > >Sophia > >"And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was >more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin > >------------------------------------------------------ >This is the feministsf-lit listserve, intended only for >discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To >unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to >LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: > unsubscribe feministsf-lit > >Contact feministsf-lit-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------ This is the feministsf-lit listserve, intended only for discussion of feminism and Speculative Fiction. To unsubscribe from this listserve, send a message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU and in the body of the message say: unsubscribe feministsf-lit Contact feministsf-lit-request@UIC.EDU if there are problems. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:08:49 -0600 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature ON TOPIC From: Mary-Ellen Maynard Subject: BDG - July's Reading Selection Comments: To: FEMINISTSF@listserv.uic.edu Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Dear Discussion Groupers; Next month we¹re discussing; ³Always Coming Home² by Ursula Le Guin (with focus on framestory "Stone Telling", i.e. pp. 7-42, 173-202, 340-387). Readers - start your interlibrary loan, friendly local bookseller or other engines running. Discussion will be officially started by the nominator about the first Monday of July. Enjoy! Mellen For the BDG Volunteers Upcoming Books- 6 August: Brain Plague by Joan Slonczewski 3-4 September: The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse by Keith Hartman 1 October: The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter *************************************************************************** The BDG provides a forum for focusing discussion on a particular book during a one month period. The books discussed are nominated and chosen in advance by a vote of all members of the FSFFU-L list serve who choose to vote. Start thinking about your nominations now. To quote our list-mistress, "This does not prohibit discussion of the BDG books at other times; nor does it prohibit discussion of non-BDG books." 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