Helpful Score: 3
A fun romp through a universe that's a great exercise in world-building. Much better than the usual "man from planet without women meets women for first time" premise. Actual gay characters!
Helpful Score: 2
This book is wonderful, I hesitated to give it a five only because Bujold has other books that are even better, in particular the first 4 or 5 of the Vorkosigan series. Full of adventure, interesting characters that you won't find anywhere else - a truly original space opera. Enjoy, Jennifer
Helpful Score: 1
A planet inhabited only by men
But now there's a problem. Some of the 200-year-old uterine cultures are no longer fertile, and others are quickly deteriorating. The Population Council has ordered 450 new uterine cultures from a biological supply house on a distant planet. However, when they finally arrive, Ethan discovers they're all dead. The Council quickly presses Ethan into taking off a year from his job and his live-in boyfriend to locate a new supplier so he sets off on his quest.
Homicidal spies, a genetic mutant . . . and women!
Naturally, everything goes wrong from the time Ethan lands on a transit point called Kline Station. He is plunged into a bewildering adventure involving a team of homicidal spies from the notorious Cetagandan Empire, a genetic mutant they're pursuing, the obsessively fastidious staff of Kline Station, and . . . women! One named Quinn proves to be Ethan's protector, but he's terrified of her. After all, she's a woman!
But now there's a problem. Some of the 200-year-old uterine cultures are no longer fertile, and others are quickly deteriorating. The Population Council has ordered 450 new uterine cultures from a biological supply house on a distant planet. However, when they finally arrive, Ethan discovers they're all dead. The Council quickly presses Ethan into taking off a year from his job and his live-in boyfriend to locate a new supplier so he sets off on his quest.
Homicidal spies, a genetic mutant . . . and women!
Naturally, everything goes wrong from the time Ethan lands on a transit point called Kline Station. He is plunged into a bewildering adventure involving a team of homicidal spies from the notorious Cetagandan Empire, a genetic mutant they're pursuing, the obsessively fastidious staff of Kline Station, and . . . women! One named Quinn proves to be Ethan's protector, but he's terrified of her. After all, she's a woman!
Space Opera at its Finest. Man can Lois McMaster Bujold write and Miles is the perfect hero.
A Dendarii mercenary on a secret mission without Miles.
Dr. Ethan Urquhart, an obstetrician on a planet forbidden to women, is Chief of Biology at the Severin District Reproduction Center and one of the busiest men on the planet Athos. Then a mysterious genetic crisis threatens Athos with extinction. Drafted to brave the wider universe for his cloistered fellows in quest of new ovarian tissue cultures, Ethan braces himself for his first encounter with those most alien of aliens -- females of his own species.
Dr. Ethan Urquhart, an obstetrician on a planet forbidden to women, is Chief of Biology at the Severin District Reproduction Center and one of the busiest men on the planet Athos. Then a mysterious genetic crisis threatens Athos with extinction. Drafted to brave the wider universe for his cloistered fellows in quest of new ovarian tissue cultures, Ethan braces himself for his first encounter with those most alien of aliens -- females of his own species.
