Sheri S. Tepper was een productieve Amerikaanse auteur, vooral bekend om haar feministische en ecofeministische invalshoek in sciencefiction. Haar werken duiken vaak in diepgaande sociale en ecologische thema's, waarbij ze de complexe relaties tussen de mensheid en de natuurlijke wereld onderzoekt. Tepper blonk uit in het creëren van inzichtelijke verhalen die gevestigde normen uitdagen en gedurfde toekomstvisies bieden. Haar unieke stem en intellectuele diepgang maken haar tot een belangrijk figuur in het genre.
The author of The Gate to Women's Country and Grass weaves a moving story of one man's coming to accept his role in a far future universe, providing a brilliant exploration of relations between the sexes, the value of religion, and marnkind's place in the universe.
Classic fantasy from the amazing Sheri S. Tepper. Women rule in Women's Country. Women live apart from men, sheltering the remains of civilization. They have cut themselves off with walls and by ordinance from marauding males. Waging war is all men are good for. Men are allowed to fight their barbaric battles amongst themselves, garrison against garrison. For the sake of his pride, each boy child ritualistically rejects his mother when he comes of age to be a warrior. But all the secrets of civilization are strictly the possession of women. Naturally, there are men who want to know what the women know! And when Stavia meets Chernon, the battle of the sexes begins all over again. Foolishly, she provides books for Chernon to read. Before long, Chernon is hatching a plan of revenge against women!