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R E V I Thendara House Reviewed by M arty Conway Another in the Darkover series, Thendara House is the journey of discovery for its two main characters; Magda, a Terran intelligence officer and Jaelle, a member of the Guild of Renunciates — Free Amazons. Through an oath, the women change places stepping into a world and culture as different as night is to day. Magda, hiding her Terran heritage, must learn to accept her strength and inner sense of self to become a free Amazon. Just when she has started to feel secure in Thendara House, a violent confrontation with a man and his two hired mercenary swordsmen puts her place in the Guild into jeopardy as she unknowingly violates an honor code. Jaelle, raised as a free Amazon, marries as a freemate to a Terran intelligence officer previously married to Magda. Believing in her G ay/lesbian poll shows am bivalence In a recent nationwide telephone survey, 52 percent of the gay people asked said they support anti-discrimination laws for gay people, and 47 percent said they would not let a candidate’s homosexuality influence their decision to vote for that person, accord ing to a newspaper poll. The nationwide telephone survey of 1653 people showed that 44 percent said they know someone who is gay, but about two- thirds said they were “ unsympathetic" to the homosexual community. Laws banning job discrimination against gay people were supported by more than half of those polled in the nationwide survey. Sup port for non-discrimination laws was appreci ably higher in California. A separate telephone survey of 1889 Californians indicated that the state may be the most hospitable to gay people. O f those surveyed, 58 percent said they did not oppose gay and lesbian lifestyles; 37 percent said they did. POSTCARDS by love for her mate, she begins to question her oaths taken at Thendara House, only to find she is becoming his property. The discoveries Magda and Jaelle make about their lives and their love for each other eventually bring them into a life threatening situation. Definitely not the best work of Marion Zim mer Bradley, Thendara House is a book to be read and thought about Although this work starts slowly it will definitely keep you interested. What was distressing about this story is that even though it is set in futuristic times it contains the sexism, racism and vio lence we see in the world around us today. Homphobia is still a problem, even in Thendara House amongst the free Amazons, who take the oath, “And I further swear that the members of the Guild of Free Amazons shall be to me, each and every one, as my mother, my sister or my daughter, bom of one blood with me, and that no woman The nationwide poll showed that opposi tion to lesbian and gay lifestyles was prom i nent; 52 percent opposed while 44 percent did no t The East was the only region where more than half said they approve of homo sexuality. Anti-gay feelings were strongest in the South and the West, and among funda mentalist religionists. More women than men said they knew gay people and were more positive about gays. The poll showed that there is strong re sentment in some parts of the country to the increased political organizing by lesbians and gay men. Those polled said they were un sympathetic to lesbians and gay men as a group, and 46 percent said they were "very unsympathetic." Roman Catholics were gen erally more tolerant of lesbians and gay men than were Protestants. The polls were conducted by the Los Angeles Times; the nationwide poll between September 17 and 22 and the California poll between October 15 and 20. The nationwide poll is calculated to have a 3 percent margin of error and the California poll a 2 percent margin of error. sealed by oath to the Guild shall appeal to me in vain.” (Excerpt from the Oath of the Free Amazons.) Perhaps Thendra House was meant to show what the future could and would hold if we do not work to change things today. Now Serving ... 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