>Hi all
>I'm also 'de-lurking' I only found out about this list a few weeks ago so I
>guess I'm a newbie too. I'm a postgrad student (Sociology) at the Uni of
>New SOuth Wales (Sydney, Australia) and have been reading SF and fantasy
>since I was a kid. I think my mum was petrified I would start to read those
>teenage romance novels, and quickly went on the offensive with Tolkien &
>Susan Cooper. I have never looked back! My tastes are fairly eclectic and
>while I have read some of the classic SF/ utopian books (aswell as being a
>rampant star trek fan), its mainly fantasy that I'm into and can never find
>enough good feminist books or even strong women characters to read about.
>I'm in the final year of my doctoral thesis so I never really find the time
>to read as much as I'd like to anyway.
>I'm also involved in an organisation called The Women's Library, a volunteer
>run, non-funded feminist library (with a collection of over 12000 books that
>have all been donated). It has a reasonable collection of SF/fantasy books,
>that I'm slowly working my way through.
>
>I'm really enjoying the discussions
>
>Cheers
>Mandy
>Amanda Elliot
>Social Policy Research Centre
>University of New South Wales
>Kensington, NSW
>2052
>ph: 385 3845
>fax: 385 1049
Mandy,
If you haven't any Butler or LeGuin stuff, I'd suggest jumping on
them the moment they come in. Good stuff. I've heard Nicola Griffith's
pretty good, too (Hi, Nicola!). Then again, maybe I'm telling you stuff
you already know.
-Sean
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