Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!parsec!ctvax!uokvax!jmike From: jmike@uokvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Preachy authors continued..... - (nf) Message-ID: <5963@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Mar-84 04:34:31 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5963 Posted: Thu Mar 1 04:34:31 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Mar-84 08:47:20 EST Lines: 21 #R:qubix:-84900:uokvax:5400043:000:900 uokvax!jmike Feb 22 11:55:00 1984 [] Well I'm a male and I enjoyed Thendara House. As I read the book I took no offense, but then maybe that was because the author wasn't talking about me. Were you like one of the characters in the book? Is that why you took offense? I though that Zimmer wrote an excellent book portraying a clash of cultures. Keep in mind that she isn't necessarily writing about our culture (although I'm not so sure it doesn't fit in many cases). The plot was very well written and really made me think about culture clashes and looking beyond what most of us take for granted. (and i'm not just refering to male-female relationships... i'm refering to thousands of pseudo behaviors that society has created). But I suppose that if you were preoccupied with worrying about your male ego, you might have missed that. mike ...ctvax!uokvax!jmike