false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171511056m/104344.jpg 104344 8 Tepper's finest novel to date is set in a post-holocaust feminist dystopia that offers only two political alternatives: a repressive polygamist sect that is slowly self-destructing through inbreeding and the matriarchal dictatorship called Women's Country. Here, in a desperate effort to prevent another world war, the women have segregated most men into closed military garrisons and have taken on themselves every other function of government, industry, agriculture, science and learning. The resulting manifold responsibilities are seen through the life of Stavia, from a dreaming 10-year-old to maturity as doctor, mother and member of the Marthatown Women's Council. As in Tepper's Awakeners series books, the rigid social systems are tempered by the voices of individual experience and, here, by an imaginative reworking of The Trojan Woman that runs through the text. A rewarding and challenging novel that is to be valued for its provocative ideas. 879718 1988 The Gate to Women's Country total:1084|5:405|4:413|3:199|2:55|1:12| 1084 4396 1379 129 5 9 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 12 20:40:42 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 21 10:47:45 -0700 2009 4 Herland, The Shore of Women, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series, and The Handmaid's Tale about women in utopian or dystopian societies. But it also comes out a feminis...more...]]> 4 4 false true Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 01 10:34:52 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 11 14:03:59 -0700 2009 The Gate to Women's Country presents a society in which men and women have two very different cultures. The women live inside walled cities, growing food for both the men a...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Wed Sep 26 07:06:11 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 07:20:49 -0700 2007 In this post-apocalyptic future, matriarchal women live in wall...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Jan 16 21:50:11 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 21:58:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Mon Jan 28 20:32:27 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 20:35:11 -0800 2008
This novel has a frame that I found especially irritating because the emotions describ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 08 10:09:52 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 25 01:53:36 -0800 2009 Snow Crash thus endearing itself to me by association. The second is that I have particular interest in science fiction by women, since that'...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Tue Mar 11 16:08:49 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 19:22:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sat Aug 04 21:22:22 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 21:29:54 -0700 2007
I enjoy this book first and foremost for its detailed and fascinating depiction of a...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 29 10:38:17 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 10:38:17 -0700 2007 The Gate to Women's Country takes place in a post-apocolyptic society where men and women are segragated. The women live in walled villages and control the economy and education. Boys are raised in the women's community until they are 5 at which point they are sent to be raised and trained by the me...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 06 06:18:06 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 06:18:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 14:05:06 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 10:25:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 07:09:24 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 09:52:39 -0700 2009
The story co...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Tue Feb 17 15:05:47 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 15:20:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 12:34:37 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 12:40:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Feb 11 07:36:58 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 07:39:53 -0800 2009 However, after three half hearted attempts, I finally made it past page three (whe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 13 20:32:12 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 20:37:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 09:09:02 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 10:04:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat May 23 21:58:15 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 17:58:27 -0700 2009 Maybe there was some sort of thing I missed the first time I read it in college, but mostly it made me mad.
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