by Sheri S. Tepper
(original review, 1987)“The Gate to Women's Country”, remains the best written and most provocative of the lot when it comes to Feminist SF. It's one of the few books where I turned the last page and flipped back to the first and read it straight through again when I realized how deceptive the text,...
If I had read this when it was first published, in the 80s, I think I would have really liked this book. Alas, I read it now and it mostly made me angry. This book channels second wave feminism pretty heartily, and unfortunately it also falls into some of the movement's pitfalls. Powerfully negati...
2.5 starsThe overall concept was familiar to me, but although I knew where it was going to end up, there were some twists along the way. I've dubbed it "lady sci-fi," and I put [b:The Handmaid's Tale|38447|The Handmaid's Tale|Margaret Atwood|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1294702760s/384...
Sheri S. Tepper's The Gate to Women's Country is one of 21 works added to the SF Masterworks list this year. Of all the works on the list, this may be the one with the strongest and most well written female character, but I found the story itself irritating.This novel is set in the future, after a g...
This book is a dystopian, post apocalyptic future with some interesting gender politics. It lacks the punch, I think I was expecting, but it was an interesting novel.In this future world, the main society featured is one where there are walled women's towns, ruled by a matriarchal council, and eac...
Perhaps not a great book, but one of the few sci fi/fantasy books I've read, and I enjoyed it. I've read it several times over the past 20 years, and have enjoyed it each time. Most recently I noted that at some points it's a bit heavy-handed, but not to the extent that it interferes with my enjoy...
It seems I'm slowly working my way through Tepper's books, as I enjoy the explorations she makes of the intersections of gender, aggression, biology and culture. The Gate to Women's Country is about a post-apocalyptic society, one that has recovered from the convulsions that scorched the planet. The...
I read this book for our book club, and that's pretty much the only reason I would have picked it up. This is not because of its feminist slant, but because I generally despise books about post-apocalyptic societies. I'd much rather read about some horrible technological dystopia than a utopian visi...
Like all of her books the environment, the role of Women, and idea of a balance are evident in this book. There is always a point to her stories and this is no exception. A good read about the differences between man and woman and how love - and hate- can exist between the two.
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