>To Everyone: i'd like to read more sci-fi and need your suggestions. you
>all keep tossing titles around that are all new to me. (the world of sf is
>only two years old to me. have killed Le Guin; have read most of Delaney;
>and every story in Norton's Book of SF. i want to read about strong women
>characters...
>problem is, the bookstores in good ol' Blacksburg Virginia seem to only
>carry the old heinlein stuff -- so i don't even know what to ask for. help.
>lissa
I'd suggest you explore Laura Quilter's web site for ideas. Two of my
current personal favorite authors are Sherri S. Tepper and Octavia Butler.
I've almost exhausted Tepper (her stuff is incredible). I also just
finished Gearhart's Wanderground, written in the 70's--amazing and
powerful.
Judith
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Dr. Judith Ann Little Philosophy Department SUNY-Potsdam
Potsdam, NY 13676-2294 littleja@potsdam.edu
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