Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 +MMDF+MULTI+2.11; site kcl-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!pesnta!amd!amdcad!amdimage!prls!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!mcvax!ukc!kcl-cs!ramsay From: ramsay@kcl-cs.UUCP (ZNAC440) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Asimov and women Message-ID: <201@argon.kcl-cs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 23-Oct-85 11:03:36 EST Article-I.D.: argon.201 Posted: Wed Oct 23 11:03:36 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 29-Oct-85 04:28:32 EST References: <162@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> Reply-To: ramsay@argon.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Organization: Department of Computing, Kings College, University of London. Lines: 18 Xpath: kcl-cs argon neon >From: William LeFebvre>I would hardly call Asimov's character Susan Calvin a "cute and cuddly" >woman! So, at least if Asimov is a "former chauvinist" then it doesn't >always carry over into his s.f. > > William LeFebvre > Department of Computer Science > Rice University This is a failing of many male sf-authors (probably including myself) that the only way they can produce a strong female character is to create one that behaves more like a man in a man's world. Admittedly, this does happen in business, but it still remains very difficult to create a *female* character. It takes a true genius like S. Delany. R.Ramsay