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false <![CDATA[Daughters of the North]]> 2744237 5 Previously titled The Carhullan Army. In her stunning novel, Hall imagines a new dystopia set in the not-too-distant future. England is in a state of environmental crisis and economic collapse. There has been a census, and all citizens have been herded into urban centers. Reproduction has become a lottery, with contraceptive coils fitted to every female of childbearing age. A girl who will become known only as "Sister" escapes the confines of her repressive marriage to find an isolated group of women living as "un-officials" in Carhullan, a remote northern farm, where she must find out whether she has it in herself to become a rebel fighter. Provocative and timely, Daughters of the North poses questions about the lengths women will go to resist their oppressors, and under what circumstances might an ordinary person become a terrorist. 3798847 book 2007 The Carhullan Army total:296|5:39|4:103|3:109|2:35|1:10| 296 1014 578 104 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 19:39:06 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 19:43:06 -0800 2007
I walked into Hares and Hyenas wishing I could find a well-written lesbian book I hadn't read, but knowing it was unlikely.

I picked up The Carhullan Army tentatively - I don't usually like science fiction - bought it a little reluctantly, and...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 13:18:04 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 14:54:25 -0700 2009 Fear and Trembling, so I grabbed this one.
...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 21:32:44 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 21:33:56 -0700 2009 This is a very powerful novel - not necessary in subject which is on well trot ground though with a contemporary take with global climate change rather than religious fanaticism as the "villain", or better put the catalyst of disaster - nor in "world building" or action pe...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 18:06:23 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 13:06:44 -0700 2009
I think the main strength I found in this book was in the description of the land around Rith and Carhullan, as well as in the relationships between the women of Carhullan. The plot itself was nothing new or unique -- we'...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 06 21:03:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 19:37:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 28 14:28:46 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 14:33:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 30 13:34:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 23 11:48:30 -0800 2009
Hall presents readers with a not-so-distant future that developed from issues and crises that we presently view as threats. Environmental and climate changes, overpopulation, cult...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 16:31:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 20:40:17 -0700 2009 1984 and the movie Children of Men. This dystopian story took place in England after a corrupt government had taken hold of the country and stripped it of all its essence. Women were no longer able to conceive without consent from the so-called gove...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 11:19:20 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 22:45:59 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 14:08:38 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 14:21:48 -0700 2009 Daughters of the North

Another day, another dystopia :-)

Having recently read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, this was an interesting and completely different take on the aftermath of breakdown of Western society as we know it.

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Review of Daughters of the North
By Sarah Hall
Harper Perennial

Set in a disturbingly near dystopian future, Daughters of the North makes beauty out of ugliness. In Sarah Hall’s novel, Britain is on the downhill side of a collapse ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 05:25:54 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 10:38:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 16:01:01 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 16:18:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 21:40:19 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 08:49:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 01:34:24 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 13:46:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 23 11:22:58 -0800 2008 Wed May 07 20:31:11 -0700 2008
It started off well, and the concept of the dystopian society she creates is intriguing and a bit frightening. ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2744237