Comments on: Top Ten Obscure Books – 1st Round of Voting

By: docwatson

docwatson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:22:57 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Plague

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:47:46 +0000

Has anyone read Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies trilogy (Uglies, Pretties, Specials), and its spin-off, Extras? These books not only feature a believable, somewhat flawed, but ultimately courageous, smart, and strong female protagonist, but also satirize America’s obsession with beauty and shallow perfection.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:06:39 +0000

What a fabulous list! Thanks heaps for putting this up

By: Karakuri

Karakuri — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:30:36 +0000

If any of these other books intrigue me as much as Don’t Bite the Sun did, this list gets me excited about SF all over again! Many thanks for posting this.

By the way, about a previous comment – Biting the Sun is the edition containing both Don’t Bite the Sun and its sequel.

By: Bookmarks about Prospero

Bookmarks about Prospero — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:30:14 +0000

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By: laura q

laura q — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:37:35 +0000

Chris, Sheri Tepper’s Gibbon's Decline and Fall has an alien intervention at the end, and is significantly about patriarchy (and male violence).

Octavia Butlers Xenogenesis trilogy is about alien intervention at the beginning, and, throughout, and possibly, again at the end, and there’s a human violence (one may read it as male violence) component.

By: Nina

Nina — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:54:51 +0000

Chris, you might be thinking of “The Gate to Women’s Country” by Sheri S. Tepper, although I don’t remember a threat from outer space at the end.

By: Chris Watson

Chris Watson — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:20:13 +0000

I am looking for a Sci-Fi book that had a method from removing the male aggression gene in a woman-dominated society. At the end, there was a hint of a threat from outer space.

By: Kiyakotari

Kiyakotari — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:03:46 +0000

It’s great to see such a wonderful list – I’ve not even read a full half of these! Can’t wait to go through them.

However…Heather Gladney’s second book in the Song of Naga Teot series is Bloodstorm, not “Bloodchild.”

By: Ide Cyan

Ide Cyan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:22:12 +0000

Actually, _Biting the Sun_ is an omnibus edition of _Don’t Bite the Sun_ and its sequel, _Drinking Sapphire Wine_.