Remnant Population, (Paperback)

from LJT

Using LibraryThing, I've entered close to 500 books that are in my possession. When I got to this one, I stopped and reread it. Its the only one I've done that with. For some reason the story really resonates with me. First Contact, survival, self growth after a lifetime of being oppressed by fri...

from KimFalconer

Elizabeth Moon is a wonderful writer. She's created a unique protagonist in Ofelia and made some important observations about class, gender biases and aging in 'our' cultural paradigm. Very important. The authenticity of her settings, from the behavior of the sheep and cattle to the weather, gard...

from ladycato

For over forty years, Ofelia has been a colonist on a remote planet. Now the company that sponsored the effort has given up on the project. Ofelia and the others are to be put in cryogenics and shipped to another settlement--and at her age, Ofelia may not survive the freezing. The old woman embar...

from Ceysa

Elizabeth Moon came to CoastCon in Biloxi, MS and when she read this book to us, I knew I must have it. I rushed out to the store the very first day it appeared on the shelves and purchased it. Amazing story! Character development is engrossing as she not only reconnects to herself after sublimat...

from auntmarge64

Although technically science fiction, this novel of first contact could have been set in any collision of extremely different cultures. On a remote planet, a failing group of colonists is being removed to be resettled on another world. Ofelia, an elderly woman who has lived there for 40 years, de...