![]() ![]() Company colonists were sent down to explore, and a planetary virus killed all the men, and a fifth of the women. The world is called Jeep – GP – and it was first investigated by the Company, an Alien-like conglomerate Griffith uses as a useful metaphor for authority and interference on a galactic scale. The setting and story stay with you, you want to know more, and to have the story continue. ![]() ![]() It’s a very simple premise, but the result is an outstanding novel. The impetus behind this novel seems to be, what would a world be like when there weren’t any men? And the answer is, a perfectly normal world, but with only women, which changes all the social dynamics. I did a podcast on it in 2012.Īmmonite is an exploration story set on a male-free planet they’re not even needed for making babies. It was Nicola Griffith’s first novel, and if she had never written anything again it would still be stunning: it won the Tiptree Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Premio Italia. ![]() I think this may have been the first sf novel I read that I instantly recognised as feminist: not stealth, or muted, or sub-conscious. The cover of the copy I still own, a little ragged now ![]()
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