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!
