>From: Kmfriello <Kmfriello@aol.com>
>Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com)
>Subject: Re: [*FSFFU*] Anyone interested in starting a book group?
>To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
>
>I'm definitely interested; but not enthusiastic about graphic novels or
>comics.
>
>In addition to sf and fantasy, utopian fiction could be a category. What about
>critical essays on what we read? Include them in a followup meeting, or at
>least make a bibliography available for those interested?
I'm currently reading THE SHATTERED RING: SCIENCE FICTION AND THE
QUEST FOR MEANING by Lois and Stephen Rose. It's a religious look at
general science fiction. Next on my list of things to read is MODERN
SCIENCE FICTION: ITS MEANING AND ITS FUTURE, edited by Reginald
Bretnor (expanded second edition), contain essays on sf by John W.
Campbell, Jr., Anthony Boucher, L. Sprague De Camp, Isaac Asimov,
Arthur C. Clarke, and Gerald Heard, among others. Gerald Heard wrote
an essay called "Science Fiction, Morals, and Religion." Next on my
list is PHILOSOPHERS LOOK AT SCIENCE FICTION edited by Nicholas Smith.
I like reading sf/f more than literary criticism, but these books are
fascinating. Anyone else have recommendations for literary criticism?
In the main, I'd also recommend Clute and Nicholls ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
SCIENCE FICTION. I haven't got it front of me right now, but I
believe it has articles on feminist sf/f.
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