Elisabeth Vonarburg

  • IN THE MOTHERS' LAND [Chroniques du Pays des Mères]
hbk: ?
pbk: Éditions Québec/Amérique, (Montréal) Canada, 1992,,, Bantam Spectra, (New York) US, 1992,,, Beach Holme, (Victoria, BC) Canada, 1992

ISBN 2-89037-602-8 (Canada pbk, french),,, 0-88878-294-2 (Canada pbk, english),,, 0-553-29962-X (US pbk)

novel, science fiction, identity, women

2nd novel. Translated into english by Jane Brierley. The Beach Holme edition (Canada) was published under the title: The Maerlande Chronicles . Winner of the Philip K.Dick Special Award. Runner-up for a James Tiptree Award. 1993 winner of the Grand Prix Logidec de la SF québécoise, 1993. Aurora Award for Best Book in French, and other Québécois and Canadian awards (including the Boréal). Selected for the Dublin International Award.

"Assumed lesbianism for women, prescribed and ritualized heterosexuality for men." --Mary Anne (in SF-Lovers Archives at Rutgers University).

"An exciting, demanding, satisfying thought-experiment -- serious science fiction doing what only science fiction can do." --Ursula K. Le Guin.

"Fascinating...a real treasure, a meticulously created society." --Marion Zimmer Bradley.

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