We Who Are about To... (Paperback)

from bezoar44

In this dismal novella, seven adults and a petulant child crash-land on an unknown planet, far from civilization, and must face their rapidly-approaching fates. Neither cheery nor uplifting, this scenario could nonetheless be the starting point for a dramatic or moving adventure. Instead, 'We Who...

from Wattsian

This is a really marvelous story about crash-landed space farers that deals with mortality, society, psychology, religion, feminism, politics and, most of all, the slow veil that falls as distractions go away and we are confronted

from andersonden

A dark, (non)survivalist book. One of the most thoughtful book on gender relations I've read. Russ creates good plot tension.

from MaowangVater

Just before exploding, a lost starship ejects its passenger compartment on a planet with a breathable atmosphere. There are three men and five women, food and water for six months, and no idea where they are. It may be, as the narrator puts it, "We're nowhere. We'll die alone." The other survivor...

from jen.e.moore

A powerful, beautiful, heartbreaking book about the purpose of life, with a brutal ending; strangely, just what I needed in the midst of an existential crisis.