Sorry but this article is the kind of buzzword-laden crap that has ruined what used to be called journalism. And why choose this list of books to read? NPR is hardly what could be called expert on anything anyway. Was the ' author ' just ranting against NPR? If she wants a book with a female protagonist then go find one and read that. Or write one yourself. Most of these books were written by males for what used to be an almost exclusively male market. Now, times have changed and so has the material. But in the end it doesn't matter if the hero is male or female, white or black. It only matters that they get the job done, whether they survive the epic battle or not. This reminds me of those AP English teachers in high school trying to read way too much into novels where the authors were long dead, as if they had some secret knowledge of the author's intent. In the end, it's just a story... Enjoy it. On Aug 15, 2015 11:48 AM, "Richard Williamson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Including some (true*) comments about Magician: > > > http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/08/i-read-100-best-fantasy-and-sci-fi-novels-and-they-were-shockingly-offensive > > On the one hand, it was written 35 years ago, and it was pretty much par > for the course. > > On the other hand, you kind of want to tell the author of the article to > go read the Mara books, and ask for her opinion on the Mara character. > > But, yeah. I'm pretty much in agreement with the author's comments. I've > read a couple of them for nostalgia reasons, but hey -- some of these are > only suitable for lit-crit courses in university. > > rip > * see REF's comments on opinions. this post is rife with my opinion. >
