Book: Native Tongue
Jul. 25th, 2009 07:36 pmAuthor: Suzette Haden Elgin (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ozarque)
Details: (c)1984 Suzette Haden Elgin; pub Daw 1984; ISBN 0-88677-121-8
Verdict: Native Tongue is high quality SF.
Reasons for reading it: I have been readingozarque's excellent blog, and have been looking for this based on what she says about it.
How it came into my hands: I finally found my copy in one of the marvellous second hand bookshops I visited with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rysmiel in Montreal.
( detailed review )
I used the last bit of convalescing, when I was too ill for anything requiring major brainpower or energy, but not ill enough to just spend the afternoon asleep, to write up a few of the books I've read recently. So here are reviews of:damned_colonial's piece on women in Open Source. As much as anything I'm impressed by the level of rhetorical control; she presents a feminist topic, concisely and clearly, for a not especially feminist audience. I think it's worth reading (and short) even if you're not interested in the specific subject matter. Plus she's doing a really awesome job in general of archiving and researching Dreamwidth (and the fandom archive thingy OTW) as women-friendly Open Source projects.
ozarque)Details: (c)1984 Suzette Haden Elgin; pub Daw 1984; ISBN 0-88677-121-8
Verdict: Native Tongue is high quality SF.
Reasons for reading it: I have been reading
ozarque's excellent blog, and have been looking for this based on what she says about it. How it came into my hands: I finally found my copy in one of the marvellous second hand bookshops I visited with
rysmiel in Montreal.( detailed review )
I used the last bit of convalescing, when I was too ill for anything requiring major brainpower or energy, but not ill enough to just spend the afternoon asleep, to write up a few of the books I've read recently. So here are reviews of:
- Sarah Katherine Lewis: Indecent
- Lois McMaster Bujold: A civil campaign
- Connie Willis: To say nothing of the dog
damned_colonial's piece on women in Open Source. As much as anything I'm impressed by the level of rhetorical control; she presents a feminist topic, concisely and clearly, for a not especially feminist audience. I think it's worth reading (and short) even if you're not interested in the specific subject matter. Plus she's doing a really awesome job in general of archiving and researching Dreamwidth (and the fandom archive thingy OTW) as women-friendly Open Source projects.