I have just signed up to this list and I wish I could remember what my
first science fiction book was? I know I read children's SF - John
Christopher, Peter Dickinson - I can't quite remember who wrote _The
Tripods_ Trilogy and who wrote the stories about _The Changes_ when
technology ceased to function. HM Hoover's Children of Morrow was one I
bought then and reread recently - still think it's great. I also read
John Wyndham fairly young. I'm talking junior school age - 7-11. (Not
to mention the fantasy - the Earthsea Trilogy, The Hobbit, The Lord of
The Rings and huge swathes of mythology - Greek, Egyptian, Celtic)
Then the usual suspects, Asimov, Heinlein, etc and I know I read Ursula
le Guin, but as an adolescent decided it wasn't proper SF.
The first feminist SF that I read consciously was in 1993 - at the ripe
old age of 28, studying for a Gender Studies MA - and was Woman on the
Edge of Time by Marge Piercy which I found hugely inspiring. So
inspiring that a project began which I am now working on at the
University of Sussex as a part-time doctoral student, looking at how and
why feminists use the SF genre to work through feminist ideas. This is a
long and rambling message, but hopefully it gives you a rough idea of
where I am coming from.
Joan Haran
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