>-- Joel VanLaven commented:
> Well, I personally loved _Glory Season_ by David Brin. It is about
>a matriarchial society that was bio-engineered to be so. Some feminists
>have critisized it / disliked it, (perhaps it was a little too harsh on
>the poor matriarchy (especially the anti-male parts). Also, the author
>was apparently an obnoxious jerk about not winning the Tiptree award (he
>mentioned a "feminist cabal") So, read it with a grain of salt. However,
>I think that there is alot to be gotten from it.
It didn't work for me. I think a) the matriarchial founders were just too
manipulative, even more so than the founders of _Women's Country_, and b) I
didn't think the concept of sexuality was dealt with realistically.
Just my $.02.
And don't tell David -- I see him on a regular basis, and I don't think he
would take my negative comments well. :}
Maryelizabeth
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