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In near-future earth, Mother Nature has revolted from the abuse heaped upon her: technology does not work and men are impotent outside of cities. Women (the hill-women) have created an alternate society based on psychic skills, communion with nature, and parthenogenesis. Women also infiltrate the cities (still run by straight men) and work with male homosexuals (the "gentles").  
In near-future earth, Mother Nature has revolted from the abuse heaped upon her: technology does not work and men are impotent outside of cities. Women (the hill-women) have created an alternate society based on psychic skills, communion with nature, and parthenogenesis. Women also infiltrate the cities (still run by straight men) and work with male homosexuals (the "gentles").  
Even the Gentles, men no longer driven by violence, know that "maleness touched women only with the accumulated hatred of centuries", according to critic Peter Nicholls<ref>Clute and Nicholls 1995, p. 478.</ref>


==Similarly themed works==
==Similarly themed works==
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==Editions==
==Editions==
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* Jan 1978, Watertown, Mass.: [[Persephone Press]], ISBN 0-930436-02-4. (trade paperback, as ''The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women'')
* Jan 1978, Watertown, Mass.: [[Persephone Press]], ISBN 0-930436-02-4. (trade paperback, as ''The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women'')
* Jan 1979, Watertown, Mass.: Persephone Press, ISBN 0-930436-02-4. (trade paperback, as ''The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women'')  
* Jan 1979, Watertown, Mass.: Persephone Press, ISBN 0-930436-02-4. (trade paperback, as ''The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women'')  
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* Dec 1980, Watertown, Mass.: Persephone Press, ISBN 0-930436-02-4. (trade paperback, as ''Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women'')
* Dec 1980, Watertown, Mass.: Persephone Press, ISBN 0-930436-02-4. (trade paperback, as ''Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women'')
* 1984, [[Women's Press]], ISBN 0-317-03219-4. (paperback, as ''The Wanderground'')
* 1984, [[Women's Press]], ISBN 0-317-03219-4. (paperback, as ''The Wanderground'')
* Jun 1984, Boston, Mass.: Alyson Books, ISBN 0-932870-55-4. (paperback, as ''Wanderground'')
* Jun 1984, Boston, Mass.: [[Alyson Books]], ISBN 0-932870-55-4. (paperback, as ''Wanderground'')
* Apr 1985, London: [[The Women's Press]], ISBN 0-7043-3947-1. (paperback, as ''The Wanderground'')  
* Apr 1985, London: [[The Women's Press]], ISBN 0-7043-3947-1. (paperback, as ''The Wanderground'') with Illustrations by Elizabeth Ross, cover by Lesli Sternberg
* May 2002, Minneapolis, Minn.: Spinsters Ink Books, ISBN 1-883523-47-8. (paperback, as ''The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women'')
* May 2002, Minneapolis, Minn.: [[Spinsters Ink|Spinsters Ink Books]], ISBN 1-883523-47-8. (paperback, as ''The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women'')
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==References==
==Further reading==
;Notes
* [http://bdg.feministsf.net/archives/bdg_wanderground.txt FeministSF book discussion group] (March 2003)
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;Bibliography
* [[John Clute|Clute, John]] and [[Peter Nicholls]]. ''[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]''. New York: St Martin's Griffin, 1993 (2nd edition 1995). ISBN 0-312-13486-X.


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.sallymillergearhart.net/textonly/wanderground.txt.html Available for free online]
* {{cite web |last=Gearhart |first=Sally Miller |title=''The Wanderground'' as an E-book |url=http://www.sallymillergearhart.net/pdfs/TheWanderground-ebook.pdf |work=www.sallymillergearhart.net |publisher=Sally Miller Gearhart |date=2003 |format=pdf |accessdate=14 April 2011}}
* {{cite web |last=Gearhart |first=Sally Miller |title=The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women |url=http://www.sallymillergearhart.net/textonly/wanderground.txt.html |work=www.sallymillergearhart.net |publisher=Sally Miller Gearhart |date=2003 |accessdate=14 April 2011}}
* {{cite web |author=FeministSF book discussion group |title=Wanderground by Sally Miller Gearhart |url=http://bdg.feministsf.net/archives/bdg_wanderground.txt  |work=bdg.feministsf.net |publisher= |date= March 2003 |accessdate=14 April 2011}}




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Revision as of 13:11, 14 April 2011

The Wanderground is a central lesbian separatist text from the 70s, by Sally Miller Gearhart.

In near-future earth, Mother Nature has revolted from the abuse heaped upon her: technology does not work and men are impotent outside of cities. Women (the hill-women) have created an alternate society based on psychic skills, communion with nature, and parthenogenesis. Women also infiltrate the cities (still run by straight men) and work with male homosexuals (the "gentles"). Even the Gentles, men no longer driven by violence, know that "maleness touched women only with the accumulated hatred of centuries", according to critic Peter Nicholls[1]

Similarly themed works

Editions

  • Jan 1978, Watertown, Mass.: Persephone Press, ISBN 0-930436-02-4. (trade paperback, as The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women)
  • Jan 1979, Watertown, Mass.: Persephone Press, ISBN 0-930436-02-4. (trade paperback, as The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women)
  • Mar 1979, Watertown, Mass.: Persephone Press, ISBN 0-930436-02-4. (trade paperback, as The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women) with Illustrations by Elizabeth Ross, cover by Maria von Brincken
  • Dec 1980, Watertown, Mass.: Persephone Press, ISBN 0-930436-02-4. (trade paperback, as Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women)
  • 1984, Women's Press, ISBN 0-317-03219-4. (paperback, as The Wanderground)
  • Jun 1984, Boston, Mass.: Alyson Books, ISBN 0-932870-55-4. (paperback, as Wanderground)
  • Apr 1985, London: The Women's Press, ISBN 0-7043-3947-1. (paperback, as The Wanderground) with Illustrations by Elizabeth Ross, cover by Lesli Sternberg
  • May 2002, Minneapolis, Minn.: Spinsters Ink Books, ISBN 1-883523-47-8. (paperback, as The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women)

References

Notes
  1. Clute and Nicholls 1995, p. 478.
Bibliography

External links