The Shore of Women (Spectra) - Softcover

Sargent, Pamela

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9780553268546: The Shore of Women (Spectra)

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ISBN 10: 0553268546 ISBN 13: 9780553268546

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1987

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In this futuristic tale, set in a world where women control society, primitive men fight for survival, and romantic love between the sexes is unknown, Birana and Arvil search for a place where they can live as equals

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About the Author:

Pamela Sargent is the author of Child of Venus and Venus of Dreams and the editor of Women of Wonder, The Contemporary Years, a collection of science fiction written by women. One of her short stories was also recently dramatized on the television series Tales from the Darkside. She lives in Albany, New York. Anne McCaffrey is the author of more than 60 novels, including the The Ship Who Sang, The Rowan, and titles in the Dragonriders of Pern series. Among the awards she has received are the Margaret A. Edwards award for lifetime achievement and the Gandalf, Hugo, Nebula, and Skylark awards.

From Publishers Weekly:

This unusual romance novel takes a fresh look at a familiar science fiction setting. In a post-nuclear future, women live in walled cities, controlling all technology. Men, considered incapable of complex intellectual functions, worship females as divine beings. Roaming the countryside in primitive bands, men approach cities only when summoned for purposes of procreation. At the story's center is a young woman, Birana, who is wrongly convicted of a crime and banished from her city. Birana's judges assume that her lack of strength and outdoor skills will condemn her to a quick death. She survives, however, and during her struggles meets a hunter, Arvil. Over time, Birana realizes Arvil is not a savage, and he discovers she is not a goddess. They fall in love, and together search for refuge from the all-powerful women, who fear the day when men no longer hold them in awe. Some science fiction purists may be surprised by the decidedly erotic nature of this story, but, with her luminous prose and vivid characters, Sargent (Venus of Dreams has written a compelling and emotionally involving novel.
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