Gender in Fantasy and SciFi Challenge (2012)

I am not entirely sure about challenges for 2012, but Eva was very excited about this challenge and thought everyone should join in. I really like the idea of this challenge, but my library has only 3 of the books on the list. I am not sure what will happen so I have decided to unofficially join in instead. It will really depend on whether or not I can track down some more of the books on the list or if I am willing to reread.

This challenge is hosted at Cynical Bookworm. You can get all the info and sign up here.

The rules are simple and not very restrictive:

- It's a 2012 challenge, so it starts on 1st January and ends on 31st December 2012. Join anytime!

- The goal should be 6 to 12 books (feel free to do them in any order/format/way you like). If you're tired at 6 books, consider it done. If you want more, go ahead.

- If it's an omnibus, count it as one book or as many as it includes - it's your call, really.

- The list might include multiple books from the same author. We think that it would be best if you read no more than one book from a particular author, so that you can diversify your reading, but feel free to read anything you like, as long as it's on the list.

- If you've already read one/some of these, great! Feel free to re-read them or choose something new. Whichever the case, we would like to see your reviews/comments.

- This list includes comics. Just keep in mind that all volumes of a comic will equal one book in this challenge, so that a balance is kept.

And the books are:

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (Would be a reread)

Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Mists of Avalon (Would be a reread)

Octavia Butler - Kindred (Would be a reread)

Octavia Butler - Wild Seed

Angela Carter - The Bloody Chamber (Would be a reread)

Suzy McKee Charnas - The Holdfast Chronicles

Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Herland

Nicola Griffith - Ammonite

Ursula K. Le Guin - Left Hand of Darkness (Would be a reread)

Ursula K. Le Guin - The Dispossessed

Anne McCaffrey - The Ship Who Sang

Vonda McIntyre - Dreamsnake

Marge Piercy - Woman on the Edge of Time

Joanna Russ - The Female Man

Mary Shelley - Frankenstein (Library Has)

Sheri Tepper - Beauty (I Own)

Sheri Tepper - The Gate to Women's Country (Library Has)

James Tiptree Jr - anything you can find, actually

Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra - Y the Last Man (comic series)

Monique Wittig - Les Guerrilleres

Virginia Woolf - Orlando (Library Has)

Yoshinaga Fumi - Oooku (comic series)