A Woman of the Iron People
Lixia and the members of her human crew are determined not to disturb the life on the planet circling the Star Sigma Draconis which they have begun exploring. But the factions on the mother ship hovering above the planet may create an unintended chaos for both the life on the planet and the...
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Lixia and the members of her human crew are determined not to disturb the life on the planet circling the Star Sigma Draconis which they have begun exploring. But the factions on the mother ship hovering above the planet may create an unintended chaos for both the life on the planet and the humans exploring it.
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780759224162 (0759224161)
ASIN: 9780759224162
Publish date: 28-12-1991
Publisher: eReads
Pages no: 424
Edition language: English
I wish I knew of a list of all the books that Ursula K. Le Guin has ever personally recommended, blurbed, or otherwise endorsed, because she’s pretty much always spot-on. I got this book because of her blurb, and was delighted by it – and surprised that I hadn’t heard of it previously. I’m going to ...
Anthropologists from a future Earth land on an alien planet. The story follows Lixia, one of the anthros, in her exploration of the alien planet and its denizens. There’s a lot in here about language and how societies develop, but there’s still a lot of adventure and character development.
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