That's not a blind spot, that's a case of raging misogyny.
As you say.
Better, I think, than The Black Cloud.
That would be my guess, too. I read The Black Cloud first when I was in my pre-teens, and found the science parts of it a struggle. When I read it again later, perhaps in my mid-20s, the science seemed pretty humdrum and the writing, as you imply, pretty clunky. I know that Sir Fred's son Geoffrey co-wrote some of the novels even before he started getting joint credit, so it's quite feasible he worked on October. On the other hand, the first book where Geoffrey got that credit, Fifth Planet, was (according to my hazy memory) a complete stinker. So . . .
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Date: 2010-07-03 12:34 am (UTC)That's not a blind spot, that's a case of raging misogyny.
As you say.
Better, I think, than The Black Cloud.
That would be my guess, too. I read The Black Cloud first when I was in my pre-teens, and found the science parts of it a struggle. When I read it again later, perhaps in my mid-20s, the science seemed pretty humdrum and the writing, as you imply, pretty clunky. I know that Sir Fred's son Geoffrey co-wrote some of the novels even before he started getting joint credit, so it's quite feasible he worked on October. On the other hand, the first book where Geoffrey got that credit, Fifth Planet, was (according to my hazy memory) a complete stinker. So . . .