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KathyWheeler
Looking For Jane | Heather Marshall
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Looking for Jane is my new #audiowalk book. So far, I like it. It was very windy outside; apparently, it was great for windsurfing. I saw multiple people in the bay.

kspenmoll Such a beautiful walk! 13h
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KathyWheeler
Ringworld | Larry Niven
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Mehso-so

So-so is the best I can do with this book; I really don‘t get the awards for it. The sexism is a major problem, some of the science seems wrong to me, the dialogue can be stilted, the plot is boring in parts, and the prose isn‘t that great. I‘m glad I read it because it‘s so influential, but I highly doubt I will read the other Ringworld books. #ClassicLSFBC #audiowalk

DogMomIrene I can relate to your review! My husband bought Stranger in a Strange Land because he wanted me to have more sci-fi books. I had to break it to him that I‘d already read that one and found it horribly sexist. Appreciated his effort, but I was like, let me buy the sci-fi from now on😉 Won‘t be buying Ringworld! 4d
KathyWheeler @DogMomIrene I have Stranger in a Strange Land but haven‘t read it yet. If the story and writing is good, I can sometimes dismiss sexism as a product of the time, but I truly want sci-fi writers to show more imagination than that! 4d
DogMomIrene @KathyWheeler I can ignore a sexist character but not whole worlds. Agree that sci-fi authors should have better creative chops. 4d
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KathyWheeler @DogMomIrene I just don‘t get it. Those authors can imagine whole worlds and technology that don‘t exist, but they can‘t imagine worlds where women aren‘t subservient and aren‘t little more than sex objects? 3d
DogMomIrene @KathyWheeler I know! I did an analysis of some sci-fi movies for a college class, specifically looking at the role of women. So much sexism. Even when my group got to Ripley from Alien, we were disappointed because the role had actually been written for a male. Like really? 3d
KathyWheeler @DogMomIrene I bet that was an interesting paper. 3d
DogMomIrene @KathyWheeler We did a presentation. We had fellow students asking engaging questions because we were all over it. It was actually a great example of cooperative learning. My 3 group mates were really into feminism, and I was too, but I was the sci-fi nerd so they were like, let‘s look at women in sci-fi movies. Worked out great! 3d
KathyWheeler @DogMomIrene I love that everyone was interested in the presentation and that y‘all worked well together. 13h
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KathyWheeler
Ringworld | Larry Niven
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I‘ve only got a couple of hours left to this book, and I can‘t say I‘m really drawn to it yet. And that‘s outside of the problems with the depiction of women. I can see great promise in the premise, but so far it‘s just okay to me. #ClassicLSFBC #audiowalk

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KathyWheeler
Ringworld | Larry Niven
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OMG! If I‘m old enough to be someone‘s lover, I‘m old enough to be spoken to in an adult manner instead of being condescended to as if I‘m a 3 year old! I may not be able to get past the misogyny in this book although I‘ve been able to do so before. The sun was out today! I haven‘t seen it since I‘ve been back home. #ClassicLSFBC #audiowalk

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KathyWheeler
Ringworld | Larry Niven
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Some things, besides sexism, bother me in this book. Wouldn‘t a society advanced enough to build a ring around their entire world have discovered radio waves? It started to rain when I got out of the car, but I pulled out my raincoat, so it stopped. 😄 #audiowalk #ClassicLSFBC

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KathyWheeler
Ringworld | Larry Niven
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Today is the first time I‘ve gotten to walk in November! I‘m back home now and noticed that some parks have yet to take down their Halloween decorations. I‘m listening to Ringworld for #ClassicLSFBC and haven‘t yet made up my mind how I feel about it. It‘s got a similar problem to most of the classic SF that I‘ve read — a lack of imagination when it comes to women. #audiowalk

Ruthiella So true. Even LeGuin‘s protagonists (in the two novels I have read) were men. 1w
KathyWheeler @Ruthiella That‘s true in the LeGuin novels that I‘ve read too. 1w
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Karisa
Rule Against Murder | Louise Penny
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Beautiful day for an #audiowalk. I 🧡 autumn! 🍂

AnnCrystal 😍💝. 3w
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KathyWheeler
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We are finally getting to Maia‘s story, and I‘m interested. I walked alone today, so I got to listen to my book. I‘ll miss the river walks when I go back home, but I‘ve got the bay there. #audiowalk

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lynneamch
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Anticipation and #dread of what is to come in this twisty, twisty, twisty clever tale. Loving this book and this #audiowalk on a beautiful October day. #WickedWhispers @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Gorgeous 🧡🍁🧡 3w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Loved this one! 3w
BkClubCare Beautiful setting 2w
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KathyWheeler
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This started out slow to me, but now I‘m getting into it. #audiowalk by the river.