As for feminist sci fi authors — try Ursula Le Guin. Anyone know of any others?

“Not a Genuine Black Man”, Brian Copeland.. Awesome sf bay area author and radio show host on KGO… This book made me cry, its about racism today and during the 70′s in the bay area and his experiences being young and black to the realities he faces today. I read it in 2 days it was sooooo good.

“The Breif Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao”, Junot Diaz… An enthralling story that I couldn’t put down, about boy that lives in New Jersey and the Dominican Republic, its about cultural myths, love, and ordinary struggles we all go through, very entertaining!

I’m on a roll: Try Jean Rhys, ‘Voyage in the Dark’. Kinda depressing but a good read. It’s set in late 1800/early 1900 England (London) and depicts a young woman who is left to take care of herself, without money, connections, skills or friends. She eventually becomes some kind of prostitute but this part is blurred – what the reader is invited to follow are her own sentiments and reflections on her situation and the choices she is forced to make, – which are all in conflict with what she’s always been taught that young women of the better society are ought to do, feel and so forth.

Another one of my eternal loves are ‘The Female Man’ by Joanna Russ. I simply love this book beyond belief. It’s a witty, sharp, sarcastic, to-the-point exploration and depicting of the degrading of women (and much more) set in a kind of a sci-fi framework and written kind of like an anti-novel (I’m not sure if that’s the correct word in English).

And last but not least: I don’t know if it’s actually been published in English (it’s Norwegian or Swedish originally), but it’s a great experiment: Daughters of Egalia (original title: Egalias Døtre) by Gert Brandenburg. It’s a story where all the gender roles and the gendered language of today is turned the opposite way around. When you’ve been numbed by a lifetime of confrontation with women being oppressed, used, raped and so forth and your’e so used to it that it’s become kind of like a small annoying rash (your emotional reaction, I mean), this brings you in touch with the real awfullness of what is going on. By reversing it the appaling nature of what girls and women are told, what they experience and so forth is blown right into your face – if you reverse the story back your self.

I’m Danish and my English is a bit rusty, so you must excuse me if my writing isn’t very clear.

@dollyann Thanks for the suggestions :-) I’m glad you like this project

I’m new here but I’m currently reading Neil Stephenson’s new book “Anathem”. It’s thoughtful and exciting. Highly recommended.