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[[1986]] novel by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]. | '''''Ethan of Athos''''' ([[1986]]) is a novel by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]. | ||
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During his stay at a nearby space station, he encounters [[Elli Quinn]], a mercenary on a secret mission, and both of them become embroiled in dangerous matters of espionage and bioengineering. | During his stay at a nearby space station, he encounters [[Elli Quinn]], a mercenary on a secret mission, and both of them become embroiled in dangerous matters of espionage and bioengineering. | ||
== Notes == | |||
The name "Athos" is probably derived from Mount Athos<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Athos Mount Athos entry at Wikipedia]</ref>, in Northern Greece, which is home to a self-governed, male-separatist monastic state that denies entry to [[women]] and even to female domestic animals! (Except for cats.) | |||
Mount Athos made the news in the spring of [[2008]] when: | |||
:''Four Moldovan women accidentally violated a 1,000-year-old ban on females entering the all male monastic community of Mount Athos, when they were left on Greek shores by human traffickers.''<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL2673593220080527 Women break all-male Mount Athos ban], Reuters article dated Tue May 27, 2008 11:11am EDT</ref> | |||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
* [http://bdg.feministsf.net/archives/bdg_ethanofathos.txt FeministSF Book Discussion Group] (April 2005) | * [http://bdg.feministsf.net/archives/bdg_ethanofathos.txt FeministSF Book Discussion Group] (April 2005) | ||
=== References === | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_of_Athos Wikipedia entry for ''Ethan of Athos''] | |||
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[[Category:Novels]] | [[Category:Novels]] | ||
Revision as of 10:34, 28 May 2008
Ethan of Athos (1986) is a novel by Lois McMaster Bujold.
Summary
Dr. Ethan Urquhart, obstetrician on Athos, a men-only world, must leave his planet to find new ovarian cultures to ensure his people's survival.
During his stay at a nearby space station, he encounters Elli Quinn, a mercenary on a secret mission, and both of them become embroiled in dangerous matters of espionage and bioengineering.
Notes
The name "Athos" is probably derived from Mount Athos[1], in Northern Greece, which is home to a self-governed, male-separatist monastic state that denies entry to women and even to female domestic animals! (Except for cats.)
Mount Athos made the news in the spring of 2008 when:
- Four Moldovan women accidentally violated a 1,000-year-old ban on females entering the all male monastic community of Mount Athos, when they were left on Greek shores by human traffickers.[2]
Further reading
- FeministSF Book Discussion Group (April 2005)
References
- ↑ Mount Athos entry at Wikipedia
- ↑ Women break all-male Mount Athos ban, Reuters article dated Tue May 27, 2008 11:11am EDT