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badstarI finished reading The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Like I said before...I'm in no danger of becoming a Mists Of Avalon groupie.
The book was good enough that I wanted to finish it, but not so fabulous as to cause me problems to put it down for hours or a day or two at a time. A little too much blatant female chauvanism there, thanks. Every other page had statements like "Men are useless" and "What good is a son to his mother?"
It's no more okay than when men say such things about women and girls.
Like I said before...I'm in no danger of becoming a Mists Of Avalon groupie.
The book was good enough that I wanted to finish it, but not so fabulous as to cause me problems to put it down for hours or a day or two at a time. A little too much blatant female chauvanism there, thanks. Every other page had statements like "Men are useless" and "What good is a son to his mother?"
It's no more okay than when men say such things about women and girls.
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Date: 2006-06-28 01:52 pm (UTC)Was Firebrand about Cassandra of Greece? Because that was the other novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley that I liked.
Your point is valid on feminist rhetoric. I don't like activism masquerading as fiction. If the work is 'yannic' it should be a bit more subtle.
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Date: 2006-06-28 05:03 pm (UTC)if the latter, I have no clue. I'm told that the Forever King trilogy is really wonderful if you're into the Arthurian legends though.
As for the Firebrand, yes that was the one about Cassandra of Troy.
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Date: 2006-06-28 05:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-28 05:19 pm (UTC)