On Wed, 21 May 1997 10:41:38 GMT+100 Petra Mayerhofer wrote:
> My first sf book was also my first feminist sf book: The Left Hand of
> Darkness (LHOD). At 16 a (male) friend of mine lent it to me. The
> actual story I did not find so interesting but I was thrilled by the
> concept of people with no/two sexes and what consequences that
had
> for the society. I tried to find similar books, i.e. science
> fictions/utopias exploring gender issues - without much success
> (that was 15 years ago). I read other books by Le Guin, interesting
> but they do not meet that criteria (IMHO).
Have you read Gerd Brantenburg, The Daughters of Egalia (or
Egalia's Daughters)? It may be available in a German translation as
the author is Danish I think. Not a great literary work, but quite superb
in its biting analysis of gender.
Farah
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