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[oyceter]

!!! Thanks so much to the person who gave me more LJ time!

And since I'm collecting them already:

selenak writes on Powers and Principalities, a book on what a realistic world with superheroes may look like.

Probably linked elsewhere, but since I'm collecting them now: Christian Science Monitor on Ayn Rand, Nietzsche, and The Incredibles.

And scrollgirl thinks about Spiderman (the movie) and egalitarianism here.

I'm still sort of grumpy because both Targets I went to were sold out of the on-sale Buffy S7 DVDs. Grrrrrr.

But I found my own copy of Ursula Synge's Swan's Wing, as last seen recced by rachelmanija, during my weekly bookstore trawl. They have a second copy there as well for $2, if anyone still wants it. And I saw two copies of Justine Larbaelstier's The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction at the bookstore, but I wasn't sure if I should get it or not. Anyone have an opinion on it?

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The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

I've been planning a review of this for a while. I wanted more of a literary study and it ended up being more of a sociological study, but it's good for what it does. Though I'd recommend reading Sarah Lefanu's Through the Chinks of the World Machine: Feminism and Science Fiction first, because otherwise some of the timeframe decisions won't make sense.

Re: The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction

[oyceter]

Thanks! After going to the panel talk on the Tiptree Awards, I really want to start gathering a pile of books on feminism and sci-fi now.

[rue10.livejournal.com]

Two thumbs up on the Larbalestier. It is rather sociological, but I like that in a book. :) A lot of textual interpretation, and all very very readable.

[oyceter]

Thanks! Will remember next time I go look.