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A Woman of the Iron People (Woman of the Iron People #1-2)

Eleanor Arnason

Paperback | Pages: 424 pages

Rating: 3.83 | 491 Users | 88 Reviews

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Original Title:	A Woman of the Iron People
ISBN:	0759224161 (ISBN13: 9780759224162)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Woman of the Iron People #1-2
Literary Awards:	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (1992), John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (1992), James Tiptree Jr. Award (1991)

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Lixia and the members of her human crew are determined not to disturb the life on the planet circling the Star Sigma Draconis which they have begun exploring. But the factions on the mother ship hovering above the planet may create an unintended chaos for both the life on the planet and the humans exploring it. As the anger increases on the ship, the ground crew becomes more and more affected by the conflict and begins to rely on their instincts to keep the project moving forward. Unexpected danger plagues the mission as Lixia is determined to expand her knowledge.

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Title	:	A Woman of the Iron People (Woman of the Iron People #1-2)
Author	:	Eleanor Arnason
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 424 pages
Published	:	December 1st 1991 by eReads.com (first published 1991)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Speculative Fiction

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Ratings: 3.83 From 491 Users | 88 Reviews

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Well done for an older sci fi. Much more character- and place-based story than plot-driven. But interesting, and with excellent world building.

I like anthropological SF and first-contact SF and I generally like Tiptree Award winners, so this book has been on my to-read list for a while, but on the whole I don't think it lived up to the hype for me. I liked Nia and Lixia but I could not stand Derek so that made reading large chunks of the book an annoying experience. Also I really didn't like pretty much anything that happened in the last quarter of the book, with the spaceship; mostly I just wanted it to go back to them all wandering

For some reason I thought I had read this years ago. But when I actually read it here, I remembered nothing about it. So it must just have been the title that stuck in my brain.A spaceship from a kinder, gentler earth arrives at an alien planet. There is indigenous, intelligent life there. The societies are nomadic or pre-urban and mostly unindustrialized. It's also a matriarchal society, because when males reach puberty, they become extremely quarrelsome and difficult. So the men go off to live

There are some very interesting things here, as far as the human-meets-alien thing, exploration of a new world, and the debate on the pros and cons of getting involved with an alien species. I even appreciated the straight-forward narration style. However, I was never able to enjoy the book as much as I might have, primarily because it feels so strongly rooted in some very dated politics - in particular, what I would describe as second-wave white eco-feminism. For one, I find any book with a

A+ : wonderful anthropological first-contact novelThere's always some trepidation when one begins to re-read a fondly-remembered book. Will it hold up? Will it be as good as I remember? I'm happy to report that this one has stood up to (so far) four readings. My highest possible recommendation! Arnason's masterwork, and right up with the best of Le Guin. Lixia, the viewpoint character, is a Hawaiian anthropologist from an Earth still recovering from the excesses of the 20th century. She's

If you have ever wondered what it'd be like to experience menstruation on another planet, this book is for you. It is also for anyone who appreciates thoughtful, character-driven science fiction.Periods in space sounds like a jokemaybe an ill-conceived title for an anthology of science fiction by womenbut the inclusion of this detail is something I truly appreciate about Arnason's book. She has done the hard work of imagining what life might really be like for her characters. Consequently, her

This one sure did take a long time to read for such a short book.On the one hand this book is fascinating. Anthropologists of a future Earth being dropped onto another planet with a similarly configured species of intelligent life. Sign me up for reading it, right?But it wasn't just the explorations of the cultures of the aliens that got to me, it was the exploration through asides of a possible future Earth that's very different from the one we know now already.I was fond of how thoroughly