Robin Gordon wrote:
>Re Storm Constantine: I was both fascinated and repelled by the Wraethru
>series. The portrayals of both men and women were offensive to me (the
>few women in it). And the sexual violence of the gay male tribes. In
>both this series and the monstrous "Monstrous Regiment" she writes about
>interesting subjects but then seems to have a limited social imagination,
>unable to escape offensive stereotypes.
Sorry, for me the Wraethu stuff typifies the category of "I'm incredibly
hip & cool, and sci fi is cool, so I'll write some sci fi. Who needs to
*know* anything?" As science fiction, the first book (all I read) was
pathetic; as fantasy, inadequately developed; as adolescent
wish-fulfillment, lame.
Neil Rest
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