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Well, the early Foundation books are pretty 'of their time'. In either the first or second book I seem to remember one of the only female characters is depicte
by mattmanser 9y ago
Well, the early Foundation books are pretty 'of their time'.
In either the first or second book I seem to remember one of the only female characters is depicted succeeding despite being a woman. Which is a very 50s view.
Same with Heinlein, almost all the women in stranger in a strange land are cringe worthy. They literally play in the pool all day long and are basically sexual playthings for the men.
I read (in the case of Asimov, re-read) both a couple of years ago, they've really aged poorly. While the concepts are cool, much of the stories would have to be rewritten or you'll have some real cognitive dissonance with the female parts.
The later Asimov books and prequels are better as they were written in the 80s. But then they suffer from his retconning of bringing all his series together. I don't know what others think about it as I read most of them before the internet, but I felt it was very contrived.
- yoz-y 9y agoI have just recently started listening to the audiobook versions (currently at the third) and the absence of any female characters is extremely jarring. The first book only has one and it is "somebody's unhappy wife, who promptly stops complaining when presented with a shiny jewel". Second book at least has one active character. I agree that the adaptation will have to be adapted a lot in order to be shown today. I wouldn't even mind if they modified the society structure a bit (or a lot) in order to make the initial premise more believable.
- foobar1962 9y agoThe reboot of Battlestar Galactica had a female Starbuck and it worked. One of my fav series (I never saw the original).
- chrisweekly 9y ago+1, female Starbuck worked great
- chrisweekly 9y agoThat "which" (not "who") is kind of astonishingly misogynist -- effectively referring to the wife as "it" not "her"). Yikes.
- yoz-y 9y agoThank you for pointing it out, I've fixed it. English not being my native language and all.
- chrisweekly 9y agoOh! (I thought you were quoting from the Asimov text.)
- JetSpiegel 9y agoTo adapt Stranger in a Strange Land, the rating would need to be Adults Only. What a ridiculous segway that book does half way through. Who would play Jubal? Kevin Spacey would be perfect, for meta-reasons even.