For example: how has a colony that consists only of women managed to survive hundreds of years? How do the inhabitants of Jeep reproduce? But her true goal is to study the culture and the people of Jeep, and answer many questions about them. She is allowed to go to Jeep by the rather authoritarian Durallum Company because she can be used as a test subject for a new vaccine. Into this somewhat stagnant situation comes Marghe Taishan, an anthropologist who works for the government Settlement and Education Councils (SEC). The women of the original colony that survived have regressed to a tribal state, and have only limited contact with the survivors of the new colony, who are quarantined and cannot leave the planet. When the Durallum Company sent new settlers to the planet, they learned why the original colony lost contact: a virus endemic to Jeep quickly kills all men and many women. The planet was originally colonized centuries before the beginning of the novel, but contact was lost soon afterward and only reestablished in recent years. The novel is set on a planet known as Grenchstom’s Planet, or “Jeep” (GP) for short. It is also a novel that explores gender roles and the meaning of gender, and can be considered a strong feminist science fiction novel. I first came across the series when I was looking to read Brian Aldiss’ Non-Stop, and since then I’ve grabbed up a number of other intriguing volumes, including Nicola Griffith’s 1992 novel Ammonite.Īmmonite is a fascinating novel about an encounter with a culture which is ostensibly human but also very alien.
It so turns out that The Orion Publishing Group has released an extensive series called “SF Masterworks” which includes not only famous classics but many more obscure books that I had never heard of. I’ve been quite interested in reading more science fiction in recent months, to make up for my lack of knowledge about the field.
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