For a look at something that was written nearly 100 years ago, Charlotte Perkins
Gilman's _Herland_ is good, although it issometimes painfully dull and ham-fisted in its
didacticism in places, with a racist eugenicsagenda that is not at all covert.
Edrie Sobstyl
Arts & Humanities
University of Texas at Dallas
On Sun, 1 Jun 1997 11:50:04 -0400 Joel VanLaven wrote:
> From: Joel VanLaven <jvl@OCSYSTEMS.COM>
> Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 11:50:04 -0400
> Subject: Re: All-Female Societies
> To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
>
> On Sat, 31 May 1997, Pamela Bedore wrote:
> [snip]
> > I just read Leona Gom's -The Y Chromosome- and found it fascinating. I'm
> > interested in reading other novels or papers (not necessarily sci fi)
> > dealing with all-female societies.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Don't forget Joan Slonckzewski's _A Door Into Ocean_ (I apologize if I
> misspelled her name)
> It is a far-future sci-fi novel about a struggle between a pacifist
> all-female society and a "normal" militaristic society like ours. I
> particulary liked the biological explanation of their reproduction.
>
> Also, Marion Zimmer Bradley's _The Firebrand_, a historical fantasy (like
> _The Mists of Avalon_) has a stretch among the Amazons, so if you read all
> of the others, you might try it.
>
> -- Joel VanLaven
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