Love this review/analysis of Native Tongue! I'm about halfway through the first book and loving the dynamics the author has established between the different groups within the text so far.
I just finished Kindred in a book club and found this book on Thriftbooks. I’m only on Chapter 4 and I love this book! I am a little confused about the plot a bit, currently trying to understand the dynamics/relationship of the Lingoes, the Government and what is happening to the babies.
Also love that I discovered your UA-cam series. I’ve always been a fan from afar of science fiction and just recently began adding the genre into my rotation of reading. Your series will give me great recommendations. I am more so interested in female authors at the moment
@@Simmexoxo Thanks! I'm definitely trying to include more female authors. Have you read C.J. Cherryh? She's one of my favorites, as are Ursula Le Guin, Vonda McIntyre, and Kate Wilhelm.
At 2:33, I must say that I have never heard an author declare that they are writing a novel "designed to express the perceptions of men". groan..... What would that even mean? But, Elgin is doing so for women because that is just so important. Because...reasons. I wonder if Elgin would ever read a novel by a male author that explicitly said they were trying to express the perceptions of men. No, I don't. Anyway, thumbs up on your analysis. Excellent.
I suspect Elgin would have argued that men's voices, being the dominant voices in society by her reckoning, let's say, are expressing their perceptions via pretty much everything published that's considered "mainstream." According to her "experiment," though, women did not require their own language to express their perceptions in reality, only in her science fictional world. Of course, I can't say for sure what her response would actually be, but that's just based on what little knowledge I have of her. Thanks for the compliment! I am trying to speak intelligently about each book on the list, with varying degrees of success.
Love this review/analysis of Native Tongue! I'm about halfway through the first book and loving the dynamics the author has established between the different groups within the text so far.
Thanks! Are you going to read the sequels?
I just finished Kindred in a book club and found this book on Thriftbooks. I’m only on Chapter 4 and I love this book! I am a little confused about the plot a bit, currently trying to understand the dynamics/relationship of the Lingoes, the Government and what is happening to the babies.
Also love that I discovered your UA-cam series. I’ve always been a fan from afar of science fiction and just recently began adding the genre into my rotation of reading. Your series will give me great recommendations. I am more so interested in female authors at the moment
I'd love to know what you think after you've finished it!
@@Simmexoxo Thanks! I'm definitely trying to include more female authors. Have you read C.J. Cherryh? She's one of my favorites, as are Ursula Le Guin, Vonda McIntyre, and Kate Wilhelm.
At 2:33, I must say that I have never heard an author declare that they are writing a novel "designed to express the perceptions of men". groan..... What would that even mean? But, Elgin is doing so for women because that is just so important. Because...reasons.
I wonder if Elgin would ever read a novel by a male author that explicitly said they were trying to express the perceptions of men.
No, I don't.
Anyway, thumbs up on your analysis. Excellent.
I suspect Elgin would have argued that men's voices, being the dominant voices in society by her reckoning, let's say, are expressing their perceptions via pretty much everything published that's considered "mainstream." According to her "experiment," though, women did not require their own language to express their perceptions in reality, only in her science fictional world.
Of course, I can't say for sure what her response would actually be, but that's just based on what little knowledge I have of her.
Thanks for the compliment! I am trying to speak intelligently about each book on the list, with varying degrees of success.