Strugatsky brothers are one the the best-known Soviet SF writers, and one of the biggest critiques about their works was always “there’s almost no women in your books”. To which their honest reply was “We don’t know how to write women”. No actual misogyny, though. Just no important female characters.
Still, very good books. I’ve just finished the Noon cycle - a series about an utopian future where Communism won. Highly recommend it.
Curious if the Soviet side of SF (eg Aelita) was much better in regards to this. Cultural conservatism is hard to shake in just decades.
Strugatsky brothers are one the the best-known Soviet SF writers, and one of the biggest critiques about their works was always “there’s almost no women in your books”. To which their honest reply was “We don’t know how to write women”. No actual misogyny, though. Just no important female characters.
Still, very good books. I’ve just finished the Noon cycle - a series about an utopian future where Communism won. Highly recommend it.
lmao honestly I respect that. Ideally they’d, you know, learn how to do that, but at least they didn’t bullshit.