I was bothered by the lies.

I treasure this book and have no hesitation recommending it to anyone.Loved her other fantasy works, have some disagreement with this one storyOkay, I first read this probably around when it first came out. I had read some of the writer's books before and enjoyed them in varying degrees. . . As I began reading, I started with the impression that I was exploring a very patriarchal set-up. Welcome back. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations

Tried to put a screw into the hole at the end of the latch to keep it from falling out - didn't work. This is a great book for discussion. I am not sure if a society built on lies would last. .

Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Yet it is not an angry, man-bashing diatribe. The thumb latch falls out every time the gate slams shut. I managed to finish it only because I paid for it and I read it for my book club.

The Gate to Women's Country 4.05 avg rating — 12,239 ratings — published 1987 — 27 editions Want to Read saving… While I think I can understand how a society chooses to rebuild after a terrible event, and that society makes certain decisions so that terrible event doesn't happen again, I am not sure if they are the right decisions.

I don't read a lot of science fiction, but when I do it is most often Philip K. Dick or Tepper. It’s a very engaging story and I found myself reading it solidly to see how it would end.I read this book for our book club, and that's pretty much the only reason I would have picked it up. Instead of interpreting God's actions in nature, for example, they interpret nature in the light of the Scripture. Emasculated males don't work well. The acting is good, the special effects are brilliant and story genuinly creepy. Arrived on time and the book looks great. I had the knife just for that reason. But through the years I've transitioned from hard copy to Kindle and Audible, so I can synchronize my reading and listening. I do blame the mothers for a lot of the problems, I saw it in my own family and in the family. Sure, the plot kept me going, but I resent anyone, male or female, who confuses feminism with man-hating. The division of genders into Women's Country and the Warrior society is a deeply unsettling one. Women don't have to make choices like that in Hades. What kind of dialogue of mutual understanding will come out of reading this? FREE Shipping . I also believe that if mothers raised their sons to be more responsible humans, not just responsible males but just responsible souls, we probably wouldn't have so many males who feel they should be privileged and who feel they are above everyone else.

What I like about all Tepper's books that I've read, is that the worlds and civilisations seem vividly realised. The book suggests an easy answer to the question of where violence comes from -- On my second reading: I don't think I gave Tepper enough credit the first time I read this book. The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Memory, being fraught with lapses, didn't serve me all thate and most of the story was new to me. Just sort out the male children with violent tendencies.

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But easily understood, broadly stated truths are truths nonetheless. Have yet to find a Sheri S Tepper book I didn't love. 101 quotes from Sheri S. Tepper: '[T]he scripture worshippers put the writings ahead of God. I also never found the "servors" (not a good name for that status because it makes it sound too much like those people are just and never will be anything more than servants) to be appealing at all, to me they feel more like eunices with no sex appeal--so unless all those women are being artificially inseminated (and what's the fun in that? 99 $69.99 $69.99. “The sidesaddle was designed to protect a maiden's virginity, while risking the maiden's neck. The Gate is a great classic horror film, filled with suspense and surprises throughout. The premise of "Gate" is quite interesting, that women live separately from men and seem to be the providers for all, with some of the men providing protection along the lines of Sparta in ancient Greece. Doesn't make much sense to me. In the 3 books of hers I've read, "Fresco", "Family Tree", & here "The Gate to Women's Country" the protagonists are women.

But in reality it’s nothing so straightforward as that. Because this sort of prose was in no way typical of writers of the 1980s (book is from 1987), when you get such female SciFi, Fantasy and spec authors as Firstly, how can anyone rate such an atrociously written book as high as I see it done in hundreds of ratings?

The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness.This page works best with JavaScript. I read grass by accident.

), then I don't know how procreation goes on in Women's Country. by Voyager Zippity Outdoor Products ZP19001 Madison Vinyl Picket Fence, White, 30" x 56" (1 Box, 2 Panels) 4.3 out of 5 stars 352. This isn't a beautiful or elegant book--though there are isolated moments--but the writing is serviceable and readable; what makes it such a good work is its thought-provoking nature. Either you men kill us and are honored for it, or we women kill you and are damned for it. Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) is the award-winning author of A Plague of Angels, Sideshow, Beauty, Raising the Stones, Grass, The Gate to Women's Country, After Long Silence, and Shadow's End. On top of that, credible characters - not cut outs - and especially trhee dimensional women - don't have it all their own way.

Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. Memory, being fraught with lapses, didn't serve me all thate and most of the story was new to me. 1999 $274.99 $ 274.

As I began reading, I started with the impression that I was exploring a very patriarchal set-up.