Re: FW: 10 Ultra-Weird Science Fiction Novels that Became Required Reading

Monica wrote:

> Of the 10, I've only read Ubik, Stranger in a Strange Land, and
> Dreamsnake. Read them in my teens & twenties. Of the three, I found Ubik
> the weirdest. (I've heard friends complain that "Stranger" is now
> unreadable - didn't stand the test of time. I might give it a reread
> someday & see what I think.)
>
> Female Man seemed dated to me, but that might not be justified, given
Joanna's reason for writing it, and my personal perspective.

But writing styles have changed, and SF as a genre has done a lot of
maturing, both in terms of what people write about, and in terms of the
skills they bring to writing. Which, not to put too fine a point on it, is
really true of all literature.
-- 

Helge