Women Authors and books

Less · 13-05-2006, 22:34

Having read Gayle's Warning (no pun honest mine would be worse than that!),
[quote]my book is still inside me!

It got me thinking about some of the awful books that I have read that were written by women, however I have to confess that because I am averse to reading a lot of womens writing, (on the principle of, “once bitten twice shy!”) , I must have read thousands more, very bad books written by men!

One of the best written, easily read and extremely difficult books to put down I have ever read was written by a women. I came across this book in the early seventies.

She wrote it in a very simplistic form, (before any of you say it of course it was simplistic Less you understood it!), hoping that the reader would learn to share the joys and indeed the suffering that she had gone through that lead ultimately to the writing of that very book.

The Authoress, had come from a very well to do family In India and had been brought up to do as she was told, she had, had her life planned out for her from the very beginning of her existence.
When she announced to her family that she had one true love and was going to do whatever she could to pursue her passion the family resorted to locking her in her room and even threatening her with violence.
She waited for the right moment however and escaped to one of India's larger Cities.

There she went to University and learned about Mathematics she spent her whole life dedicated to and discovering all she could about the subject and eventually, put pen to paper and wrote her history on the subject.
From the earliest times through to the discovery of the zero, and on past that up until more recent times. She showed us not just the theories of maths but also some of the everyday uses that we all put maths to without even thinking about it.

I read, and re-read that book so many times the binding was falling apart. Then after one house removal too many I found that I had lost the book. I will recognize it instantly if I ever see it again, and will once more add it to my sad little collection.

The frustration of my search is that I am completely Useless at remembering names so both the name of that wonderful Lady and her contribution to the joys of my life are at the moment lost to me.

Hmm, I wonder what google will throw up if I put in 'That little maths book wot that Indian lady with the Phd wrote?'

One thing she didn't teach me but I learnt afterwards was if you're doing complicated maths make sure your calculator has fresh batteries!

Madhatter · 14-05-2006, 00:11

George elliot is famous writer.

Less · 14-05-2006, 10:28

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George elliot is famous writer.

And your point is?

chav1 · 14-05-2006, 13:52

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Originally Posted by Less

And your point is?

i thought the same thing lol

i once read a book

Tinkerbelle · 14-05-2006, 14:01

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Originally Posted by Less

And your point is?

Maybe .... Hatter knows something we don't! Maybe, George Elliott was in fact really a female Indian mathematician.

OR maybe George Elliott is a code as to were the Holy Grail can really be found!

I can feel a new conspiracy theory novel coming on ...... look into it Less, this time next year you could be directing your own blockbuster Hollywood movie based on your book.

yerself · 14-05-2006, 14:20

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Originally Posted by Madhatter

George elliot is famous writer.

She would probably be more famous if you could spell her name correctly.

For the benefit of Less and Tinkerbelle, George Eliot (one L) is the nome de plume of one Mary Ann Evans.

yerself · 14-05-2006, 14:30

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Originally Posted by Chav1

i once read a book

Rumour has it you didn't read it , you coloured it in.

chav1 · 14-05-2006, 14:38

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Originally Posted by yerself

Rumour has it you didn't read it , you coloured it in.

Well the libary should have explained that the numbers at the bottom of the page wernt a code as to what colour was required but indeed page numbers

WillowTheWhisp · 14-05-2006, 15:07

I'm in the middle of a book at the mo but I keep putting it down and forgetting where I put it!

West Ender · 14-05-2006, 15:39

I can think of some very good female authors. What about Jane Austen? Jeanette Winterson tells a good tale and have you read Anne McCaffrey? I particularly like her dragon books (science fiction with a difference). I've enjoyed a few of Nancy Mitford's books too, she was very wry, and the Bronte sisters weren't bad either.

What I can't stand are the Mills and Boon type writers, so-called romantic fiction, and Catherine Cookson leaves me cold. Each to his own, eh?

lettie · 14-05-2006, 16:02

Yuk!!!! The Mills and Boons are serious drivel....... Favourite female authors have to be Kathy Reichs, Patricia Cornwell and of course.....J.K. Rowling.

Gayle · 14-05-2006, 17:27

I wouldn't write a Mills & Boon style book! Bet you didn't know that I was into slasher horror books!!!!

Less · 14-05-2006, 17:50

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Originally Posted by Gayle

Bet you didn't know that I was into slasher horror books!!!!

Is that the tale of a woman that has to get up in the middle of the night to clean around the bowl after her drunken husband has finished what he was doing?

How about this for the couple that can't stand being parted!

He really would have to aim carefully!

harwood red · 14-05-2006, 21:06

I have to say Patricia Cornwell is my fave female author of the moment

ANNE · 14-05-2006, 22:41

Can't stand mills and Boon. They really are such drivel. I love Cathrine Cookson. Tolkien and Doris stokes.
I don't seem to read much these days except for children's books. I do like to read Biographies and the occasionally an horror story. One of the best books I have read has got to be Fluke by James Herbert.