However, it's strangely modern in its near-disregard of the sex-role stereotyping of its era
And for that matter, I can think of plenty of more contempoary writers that still fall down in comparison!
The bit that I found particularly noteworthy was where Hulik reported seeing a monster on the ship; when the search turned up no evidence but she insisted on taking precautions anyway, there was not one sniffy word about her reactions being typical female hysteria...and of course she's vindicated later, there was something there! And later on after planetfall, she's the one who keeps a level head in the face of grave physical danger, while a gruff older male character is the one who panics and runs...
Apparently there was a sequel by Mercedes Lackey and a couple of collaborators four years ago...have you seen it, is it any good?
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Date: 2008-03-03 07:32 pm (UTC)And for that matter, I can think of plenty of more contempoary writers that still fall down in comparison!
The bit that I found particularly noteworthy was where Hulik reported seeing a monster on the ship; when the search turned up no evidence but she insisted on taking precautions anyway, there was not one sniffy word about her reactions being typical female hysteria...and of course she's vindicated later, there was something there! And later on after planetfall, she's the one who keeps a level head in the face of grave physical danger, while a gruff older male character is the one who panics and runs...
Apparently there was a sequel by Mercedes Lackey and a couple of collaborators four years ago...have you seen it, is it any good?