![]() ![]() Arnason came of age during the second-wave feminist movement, which greatly influenced her writing. Award in 1991-which celebrates books that offer new representations of gender-and the first Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (despite being a sci-fi book). The novel won the first James Tiptree Jr. ![]() Should she and her team facilitate technological advancement as they’ve been ordered-or should they fight to preserve the pre-existing culture? Despite their relative power, not every woman likes these arrangements, and we're eventually introduced to one female alien rebel, Nia.Īs Lixia gets to know her subjects’ language, myths, and other customs, she begins to question the purpose of her space mission. But while the men live in forced isolation, the women exist within organized tribes-each one named after their particular skill set-and lead self-sufficient, nomadic lives. ![]() Upon her arrival, she’s confronted by an alien society unlike the one she left behind on post-apocalyptic Earth: Here, males and females live separately, reuniting only for the spring mating season and ritual gift-giving. When a starship detects life on the planet Sigma Draconis II, anthropologist Li Lixia is called to investigate. ![]()
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