3.5
A Woman of the Iron People
ByPublisher Description
Lixia and the members of her human crew are determined not to disturb the life on the planet circling the Star Sigma Draconis which they have begun exploring. But the factions on the mother ship hovering above the planet may create an unintended chaos for both the life on the planet and the humans exploring it. As the anger increases on the ship, the ground crew becomes more and more affected by the conflict and begins to rely on their instincts to keep the project moving forward. Unexpected danger plagues the mission as Lixia is determined to expand her knowledge.
This "excellent, anthropologically oriented SF tale" novel (
) explores the mix of fear and fascination as humans and aliens meet, alert to the potential for both mutual enrichment and mutual destruction, and offers "strong characters, well-written dialogue, and a plot full of adventure" (
).
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3.5
“This book is another interesting take on first contact by Arnason. It’s sort of similar to her Ring of Swords in that you get the perspective of the aliens trying to determine if the humans are people. It also shares the theme of separation of the sexes due to the aggression of the males. In this book, there are two narrators, Nia of the alien, or more appropriately, the native people, and Lixia of the humans from Earth. Nia’s narration opens and closes the book while Lixia’s is everything in between. It really brings in both sides of the issue of recognizing the Other as equal and important as themselves. This book won the 1992 Mythopoeic Award and the 1991 Otherwise Award.
Come visit my blog for the full review…
https://itstartedwiththehugos.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-woman-of-iron-people.html”
About Eleanor Arnason
Eleanor Arnason is the author of five published novels and a number of poems and short stories. She has received the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for “gender-bending SF,” and the Mythopoeic Society’s Fantasy Award for
. She has also received the Minnesota Book Award for
. Her earlier novels include
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. Her short stories include “The Warlord of Saturn,” “The Lovers” (a preliminary nominee for awards in 1996), “Ace 167,” “The Hound of Merin,’ and many others that have appeared in
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