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A science fiction work by [[Kate Wilhelm]], published in [[1976]]. The book contains three closely linked novellas about a future United States destroyed by ecological catastrophe and sterility. The main characters retreat into a private enclave and maintain their population via cloning and forced breeding of the few fertile women. (See [[Margaret Atwood|Margaret Atwood's]] [[The Handmaid's Tale]] for a different take on this theme.) | A science fiction work by [[Kate Wilhelm]], published in [[1976]]. The book contains three closely linked novellas about a future United States destroyed by ecological catastrophe and sterility. The main characters retreat into a private enclave and maintain their population via cloning and forced breeding of the few fertile women. (See [[Margaret Atwood|Margaret Atwood's]] [[The Handmaid's Tale]] for a different take on this theme.) | ||
This book won the [[Hugo Award]] for best novel in [[1977]]. | This book won the [[Hugo Award]] for best novel in [[1977]]. It is the second entry in [[Gwyneth Jones]]' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/dec/08/top10s.science.fiction.women Top Ten Science Fiction Books by Women] from 2003. | ||
[[category:Hugo Award winning novels]] | [[category:Hugo Award winning novels]] | ||
[[Category:Novels]] | [[Category:Novels]] | ||
[[Category:1976 publications]] | |||
[[Category: Works of science fiction]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:12, 25 July 2008
A science fiction work by Kate Wilhelm, published in 1976. The book contains three closely linked novellas about a future United States destroyed by ecological catastrophe and sterility. The main characters retreat into a private enclave and maintain their population via cloning and forced breeding of the few fertile women. (See Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale for a different take on this theme.)
This book won the Hugo Award for best novel in 1977. It is the second entry in Gwyneth Jones' Top Ten Science Fiction Books by Women from 2003.