tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post701010581012952362..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 280: The Female Man / Joanna Russ (Bantam Q8765)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-11086630436676865462009-08-26T06:15:15.493-07:002009-08-26T06:15:15.493-07:00Given that I recognize Frederick Pohl as an import...Given that I recognize Frederick Pohl as an important writer in the SCI-FI genre, I might consider reading this book....except, Ewww, I AM judging this book by its cover. <br /><br />shudder.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-74877974434096303512009-08-25T15:09:31.026-07:002009-08-25T15:09:31.026-07:00I won't debate the active/passive voice issue,...I won't debate the active/passive voice issue, but I do think the word "startling" is certainly apropos.Alixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-72881018416747432122009-08-24T19:54:47.368-07:002009-08-24T19:54:47.368-07:00Lyndee -- It's a science fiction story where s...Lyndee -- It's a science fiction story where some of the characters come from a world where there is only one gender.<br /><br />Rex, I see your point.Jamie Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03025283302198707150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-13916011261118478462009-08-24T13:08:31.497-07:002009-08-24T13:08:31.497-07:00I'm confused. Isn't a man, by definition.....I'm confused. Isn't a man, by definition...not female? I mean, even if he is disguised as a female, that does not make him a female man. <br /><br />>_><br /><br />__________________________________________<br />http://coverjunkie.blogspot.com/Nicole "Gidget" Kalsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812924528578021534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-21036312249914831132009-08-24T12:35:13.291-07:002009-08-24T12:35:13.291-07:00Of course you are right that it's the fourth s...Of course you are right that it's the fourth sentence. You are not right that it works well. I get that the subject is being hidden so you can get the "pow" effect of the reveal: there are no "men" (who would normally be the subject of those verbs in the active voice). But still ... "wildernesses conquered" is ugly icing on awkward cake.<br /><br />I too have been meaning to read this for some time. It's like _Don Quixote_ in that respect, only I've tried and failed several times to read DQ. Not so w/ this one.<br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-38519237047043311372009-08-24T12:28:03.963-07:002009-08-24T12:28:03.963-07:00There's no passive voice in the second sentenc...There's no passive voice in the second sentence. There's a bunch in the fourth, but I think it works well here.<br /><br />Joanna Russ is something a first-generation feminist icon in the SF field. I have her non-fiction book <i>How to Suppress Women's Writing</i> sitting high up on my to be reread pile.Jamie Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03025283302198707150noreply@blogger.com