Motherlines

I have been reading a huge variety of books. I came across a library that was going to simply recycle well over five hundred sci-fi/fantasy books instead of putting them in a used book store or something like that. I 'rescued' them and am now slowly going through them. Some of them are really...well...out there.

Take 'Motherlands,' a book written by Suzy McKee Charnas with a 1978 copywrite. It's the story of a post-apocalyptic world. The culture had changed significantly. In the towns - the 'Holdfasts', women were slaves, men were masters, and it was considered natural for the sexes to love the same kind. It was a completely homosexual society.

The main character starts out as a pregnant woman (a victim of rape) fleeing the Holdfast. Outside of the Holdfast area are the Motherline Tribes. Through the old time science, the women have found ways to reproduce without men. One group uses horses; another uses the DNA of other women.

So, let's see...homosexuality combined with beastility...oh, yeah, the Right Wingers must have gone pretty crazy about this book.

The book was an interesting read for the cultural commentary and how the lead character thinks about 'the norms.'