Re: [*FSFFU*] hard tech novels

From: Sean Johnston (sean-johnston@UIOWA.EDU)
Date: Tue Oct 28 1997 - 20:44:46 PST


>I've got a request for list members. I was planning on teaching Kim
>Stanley Robinson's _Red Mars_, but my university bookstore can't get it
>(although it was in print when I ordered it). I was wondering if any of
>you had any suggestions for a moderately feminist or at least humanist,
>recent (last decade or so) SF novel that deals with hard technology and is
>*not* cyber-anything. I've got a couple of cyberpunk novels on the course
>already, so I really need a replacement that's currently available (in
>Canada) and preferably in a mass market format. If anyone has any ideas,
>I'd be grateful.
>
>Wendy Pearson
>Cultural Studies
>Trent University

Maybe Steven Barnes' "Gorgon Child"? It's not terribly hard SF, but it's
worth a look.

-Sean

Death has its own honor. To refuse to live is the height of dishonor.



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