Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utflis.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!utai!utflis!chai From: chai@utflis.UUCP (Henry Chai) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Yet another Xanth novel Message-ID: <115@utflis.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 21:53:58 EST Article-I.D.: utflis.115 Posted: Mon Mar 11 21:53:58 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Mar-85 05:08:25 EST Reply-To: chai@utflis.UUCP (Henry Chai) Organization: FLIS, University of Toronto Lines: 23 Keywords: Xanth, Piers Anthony, sexist Yes folks, Xanth #8 has hit the bookstores already. This ones is called "The Crewel Lye" (the cruel lie) and features Jordan the ghost as the central character. I refuse to buy it; I stopped buying after the 6th. I'll just wait for the public libraries to get it, but meanwhile if any of you die-hard Xanth fans out there would like to tell me what you think of it, just mail me; I'll be gald to hear from you. BTW, does anyone find the Xanth novels sexist? I do. The women characters are (almost) always of the pretty, buxom, not-too-bright type, who loved nothing more than to show off their legs or to look for husbands. (Princess Irene is a prime example) The comparison between women and nymphs is also rather degrading to the female sex. However, there is very little sexism in the other Piers Anthony novels, so I wonder whether he did it tongue-in-cheek or not? ___________ Henry Chai o.- Faculty of Library and Information Science \_/ U of Toronto {decvax, ihnp4, allegra}!utcsri!utflis!chai