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Chroniques du Pays des Mères

The Maerlande Chronicles (In the Mothers' Land in the U.S.A.)

An exciting, demanding, satisfying thought-experiment - serious science fiction doing what only science fiction can do. - Ursula K. Le Guin

Illustration : Sumo

In Maerlande, somewhere in a future, a devastated Earth is slowly recovering and men are very rare. Only the Families' Captas - the Mothers - make their children with the Males. All other women must use a risky method of artificial insemination. Lisbeï and Tula don't worry much about this: daughters of the Mother of Bethely, they grow up together as sisters and friends. But Lisbeï turns out to be sterile. Unable to realize her dream of becoming the Mother, she must leave Bethely, and Tula. After becoming an explorer, she will realize another one of her dreams, discovering the secrets of Maerlande's distant past. But some dreams are hard to live with... The Maerlande Chronicles: Elisabeth Vonarburg's most beloved book.

Élisabeth Vonarburg Chroniques du Pays des Mères (The Maerlande Chronicles) 626 pages, $16.95