Re: SF Story/Novel ID: Angels, Menses and Faces (oh my!)

While it does sound like Tepper, and one of the characters does get pregnant, I'm pretty sure it's not the Gate to the Women's Country. Maybe a Plague of Angels?  Charlotte Babbhttp://facebook.com/charlottehenleybabb.comhttp://mavenfairygodmother.com



      From: Monica McAbee <[email protected]>
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I don't know what this story is, but am very curious to find out, in order to make sure that I never read it ;)
(This is assuming everything the patron remembers is accurate!)

Monica McAbee
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On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Colleen Cahill <[email protected]> wrote:

This really makes me think of The Gate to Women's Country, although it has
been a while since I read that and the fit does not seem perfect.  My memory
had the protagonist going on a trip where she is raped by the man who was
suppose to be in love with her.  After which she and the man are both
attacked and captured by Holylanders, a very patriarchal group.

  I agree with you that Tepper is a likely choice, or perhaps someone
inspired by Tepper.

Colleen
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On Fri, 20 May 2016 14:03:55 +0000, David Wright <[email protected]> wrote:

>We're not having much luck: Can you help us solve find this science fiction
novel for a patron? Here's their description:
>
>"I'm trying to figure out a book a read many years ago. I *think* it's by
>Sherri Tepper, but I can't figure out what it is. Here's the story as I
>remember it: Young women when they get their menses (see? So Sherri
>Tepper)are sent to spend the night in, like, an open air hut or something? And
>then frightening creatures, who are like ravening angels? Sort of? Come
>and A) rape them and B) eat their faces. (Tepper. Pretty sure.) But their
>supposed to be ancestors or something? Like, when people die they become
>these things? And then the first child of most women (due to that whole
>rape thing) are these creatures? And maybe everyone lives in a glass
>bubble? Because I think there's a scene at the end when the
>ancestor/angels are attacking or something? Anyway- any idea what that book
is? Thanks so
>much!"
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>David Wright
>http://shelftalk.spl.org
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