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Originally Posted by Joshua.P
Well my opinion is that sci-fi isn't at all gender specific. So I think my response would be considered very helpful. I recommend anything by Isaac Asimov and the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons.
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Actually the Asimov suggestion is interesting, because when I hear:
"Recommend science fiction novels that would appeal to women/someone who doesn't normally read sci-fi"
my initial interpretation is "they tried Asimov (or Clarke or Heinlein, which in my mind all blur together as "traditional sci-fi") and didn't like it, so what else you got?"
And judging by the absence of recommendations of 'Foundation' and the like so far, I'm guessing others had a similar interpretation.
But now that you mention it, I realize that's not necessarily the situation.
So maybe we should have asked up front, why doesn't the person in question normally read sci-fi?
Do they hate science?
Did they see a Paul Verhoeven movie and fear all SF was like that?
Is there in fact some gender bias on her part?
What?
ApK