which you should read if you can set your sexism alarm to stun
LOL. I'm not sure I can. Or rather, I must be able to, but Stranger in a Strange Land didn't endear me, so I'll get round to a recommended Heinlein at some point, I know he can be good, so I'd like to see it. But not right now :)
Also other Stephenson doesn't have this problem
Ooh, good point. In fact, many do -- I wasn't even really convinced by Eliza in the Baroque cycle, though I admit she was cool, and Hiro's girlfriend seemed like another example of a smart-but-love-interest. But you're right, YT was great (a genuine main character, one you imagine being rather than seeing, and not painted in terms of sex like the love interests are), so Stephenson certainly can do it. I guess that supports the his-characters-just-think-like-that-regardless-of-gender theory :)
I like your test, though I'm not sure that it works for books not set in modern or futuristic times.
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Date: 2007-03-27 01:01 pm (UTC)LOL. I'm not sure I can. Or rather, I must be able to, but Stranger in a Strange Land didn't endear me, so I'll get round to a recommended Heinlein at some point, I know he can be good, so I'd like to see it. But not right now :)
Also other Stephenson doesn't have this problem
Ooh, good point. In fact, many do -- I wasn't even really convinced by Eliza in the Baroque cycle, though I admit she was cool, and Hiro's girlfriend seemed like another example of a smart-but-love-interest. But you're right, YT was great (a genuine main character, one you imagine being rather than seeing, and not painted in terms of sex like the love interests are), so Stephenson certainly can do it. I guess that supports the his-characters-just-think-like-that-regardless-of-gender theory :)
I like your test, though I'm not sure that it works for books not set in modern or futuristic times.
Yeah, true. I don't know.