The Shore of Women : The Classic Work of Feminist Science Fiction (Paperback)

from badbandicoot

A classic so I'm hesitant to bag it. But it was a bit repetitive. worth reading as a historical feminist fiction,getting a picture of the zeitgeist of the feminsit movement in the mid eighties. but I was looking for a good sci-fi yarn. Good old sci-fi may seem dated but is still compelling. This ...

from cissa

I was disappointed in this novel, at least as an engaging, "feminist" SF novel. It's clearly a product of its time (1986, about 30 years ago): but even then, gender essentialism was only a small part of feminist thought and theory. It's vital to the premises of this novel, though. Women and men h...

from Vonini

I had expected this book to be very much like Sheri Tepper's The Gate to Women's Country and at first, I felt it to be a weak story in comparison to Sheri Tepper's. But as the story progressed, it became very different. It reminded me more of Jean Auel's Earth Children series, and most of all of ...

from csmith0406

Interesting concept, and fairly well executed characters. I really enjoyed it, spent a lot of time thinking of the "what if" scenarios the book presented. The only, very small, problem I had was the central premise of the book that men and women live separately, is impossible to believe. Several ...

from berbels

I heard this book was great and so bought a copy. I really enjoyed the first half as the premise was great, a land where women are the logical beings and men are only there to perpetuate the race- the first part was interesting but then it just trickled away to sound like man bashing.