Ammonite

ISBN: 0345452380

Author: Griffith, Nicola

Condition: New

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award Winner of the Tiptree/Otherwise Award Winner of the Premio ItaliaFinalist for the Arthur C Clarke Award Finalist for the Locus Best First Novel Award Finalist for the British Science Fiction Award"A knockout . . . Strong, likable characters, a compelling story, and a very interesting take on gender."-Ursula K. Le Guin"Ammonite, by Nicola Griffith, is the first novel of a major talent." - Denver Post"Uncompromisingly packed with non-dogmatic feminist and queer ideologies... Griffith reveal[s] herself to be fluent in presenting realistic science and its implications, capable of cinematic clarity in her prose, insightful with emotions and character." - Washington Post Book World"Nicola Griffith's first novel, Ammonite, flies all the banners of traditional sf but beneath the banners, it is armed to the teeth against convention." - Interzone"Ammonite represents a major, no, make that a revolutionary change...a remarkable departure from the commonplace." - Locus"A serious assault on conventions so enormous that it is very much more dangerous, sometimes, than writing about lesbianism." - Dorothy Allison"Pays homage to Ursula K. Le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness without inviting invidious comparisons." - New York Times Book Review"Ms. Griffith is an astonishingly gifted writer... Her work is of the very best in the lesbian and gay literary field." - Allen Ginsberg"Ammonite is utterly believable, and at times heart-wrenching in its emotional power; the characterisation is impeccable." - New Statesman and Society"Griffith is in possession, most decidedly. Ammonite is science fiction, and it is in her hands: like a coiled spring; a secret, many chambered fossil, round and snug and tight." - Colin Greenland, Foundation"In many ways, and certainly deliberately, Ammonite recalls the fictional and metafictional Utopia Whileaway... But unlike Whileaway the planet Jeep remains a real place where people are to live-if the world will let them. Buy it and enjoy it. Dream on. But be warned, Nicola Griffith is going to remind you that dreaming doesn't make the problems go away." - Gwyneth Jones"It charts a new and different kind of women's space." - Atlanta Magazine"Nicola Griffith is a promising successor to Ursula K. Le Guin and James Tiptree, redesigning gender and power relations in alien milieux." - The FaceChange or die. These are the only options available on planet Jeep. Centuries earlier, a deadly virus shattered the original colony, killing the men and forever altering the few surviving women. Now, generations after the colony lost touch with the rest of humanity, a company arrives to exploit Jeep-and its forces find themselves fighting for their lives. Terrified of spreading the virus, the company abandons its employees, leaving them afraid and isolated from the natives. In the face of this crisis, anthropologist Marghe Taishan arrives to test a new vaccine. As she risks death to uncover the women's biological secret, she finds that she too is changing-and realizes that not only has she found a home on Jeep, but that she alone carries the seeds of its destruction. . . .Ammonite is an unforgettable novel that questions the very meanings of gender and humanity. As readers share in Marghe's journey through an alien world, they too embark on a parallel journey of fascinating self-exploration."Ammonite is a self-assured, unselfconscious, convincing depiction of a world without men...doing what only SF can do, and doing it with skill and brio." - Ursula K. Le Guin"A powerful story of connection, allegiance, and obligation. Read Nicola Griffith's book-and keep an eye out for her name in the future."-Vonda N. McIntyre"A marvelous blend of high adventure and mind-boggling social speculation."-Kim Stanley Robinson