The Gate to Women's Country

By Sheri S. Tepper

Book Overview

"Lively, thought-provoking . . . the plot is ingenious, packing a wallop of a surprise . . . Tepper knows how to write a well-made, on-moving story with strong characters. . . . She takes the mental risks that are the lifeblood of science fiction and all imaginative narrative."--Ursula K. LeGuin, Los Angeles Times Since the flames died three hundred years ago, human civilization has evolved into a dual society: Women's Country, where walled towns enclose what's left of past civilization, nurtured by women and a few nonviolent men; and the adjacent garrisons where warrior men live--the lost brothers, sons, and lovers of those in Women's Country. Two societies. Two competing dreams. Two ways of life, kept apart by walls stronger than stone. And yet there is a gate between them. . . . "Tepper not only keeps us reading . . . she provokes a new look at the old issues."-- The Washington Post "Tepper's cast of both ordinary and extraordinary people play out a powerful drama whose significance goes beyond sex to deal with the toughest problem of all, the challenge of surmounting humanity's most dangerous flaws so we can survive--despite ourselves."-- Locus

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553280643
• ISBN13: 9780553280647
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Spectra Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Gate to Tepper's Universe.

For all those who are unaware: Sheri Tepper has very strong view points. She is a feminist militant and a pacifist. Her books express parables of her sights. Even if I do not agree with Ms. Tepper I've enjoyed her work very much. Her imaginary universes always cast lights and shadows to our own world, allowing the reader to take a different perspective, to think, to argue. Never to be indifferent. Her prose is strong, her...

Most people just don't get it....

After reading the other reviews for this book, I realized that the point of the book was lost on some of the readers, especially the person who thinks Tepper is offering eugenics as a "solution." This book is not putting forth a utopian society that Tepper is saying is the "way to go." The whole point is that what is happening in the book is bad. The men's society is bad, and the women's answer to it is just as bad...

A vision that works on many levels

This is a fantastic book! I read it in one sitting because I just couldn't put it down. It is not an anti-male, if-only-women-were-in-charge-there-would-be-no-war book. It's a lot deeper than that, so try thinking beyond the surface when you read it. Through the seemingly-innocent dialogue, Tepper cleverly reveals not only the properties of the world she has created, but also the properties of our own world. Her neat...

Tepper; Destined for Timeless Greatness

Sheri S. Tepper is, without a doubt, one of the finest science speculation writers of our century. Her crisp, innovative writing style gives plenty of exercise to the mind as she poses timeless questions to readers. The catch? She poses these questions from different perspectives. The Gate to Women's Country is a story which invites the reader to explore what our society might be headed toward. As she masterfully weaves...