I'd like some help/suggestions please. I've read Beauty and Grass by Sheri S Tepper and I enjoyed them both. i was wondering if anyone else on the board is a fan, and if so what books by her should I read next?
Cheers!
Louise

Hee. As it happens, those are the only two books I've read by her also.

*watches for other folks to respond to this most excellent question*

"The Gate To Women's Country" is one of my favorite books.

Oh, I second JaNell. You MUST read Gate To Women's Country. It's one of the bestest books in the world!

I've read most of everything that she has written. Gate To Women's Country and Beauty are my favorites.

Oh, and if anyone reads spanish or has a friend who does, I (for reasons I'm too embarassed to explain) have a copy of Beauty in Spanish that I can't read.

beauty was my introduction to sheri-s-tepper too. i think i've read everything except the last 2 books.

I did love her, i guess i still do, but i must admit her enviromentalism and feminism does start to drain.

its repeated too much, whilst not noticible at first, after reading most of her books it is.

However, that being said, like giabow gate to womens country is on my must read and re-read list.

i'd also highly recomend *checks bookshelf* 'gibbons decline and fall' and 'sideshow'.

I've read the companions, which was alright, better than bog standard fantasy, though yeah she is pretty anti a few things!!

Also i thought maybe she might have been the author of a series of sci-fi fantasy books i read as a teen about a world enhabited by unicorn like creatures that pulled wagons and a team of scientists researchers on a satalite that ended up settling on the planet due to issues on the satelite and temples that spread evil.

I haven't ever been able to trace who the author to that may be......oh wait now i have net *scuttles off*

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Originally posted by halucinagenia:

Also i thought maybe she might have been the author of a series of sci-fi fantasy books i read as a teen about a world enhabited by unicorn like creatures that pulled wagons and a team of scientists researchers on a satalite that ended up settling on the planet due to issues on the satelite and temples that spread evil.

I haven't ever been able to trace who the author to that may be......oh wait now i have net *scuttles off*

and????

I'm afraid that her books made me very, very unhappy ... Beauty and The Family Tree were the ones I read. I wanted to give her a second chance after Beauty, but ... twice bitten, that's enough. She is a skilled writer, but I found aspects of her outlook to be profoundly disturbing. I found myself flashing on images that her work had brought up in my mind weeks later and still feeling horrible.

- Cho

Thanks for the suggestions! I think I will see if I can get Gate to Women's Country.
Chomiji, I agree that some of her imagery is disturbing, but for me that added to the power of the book. The way she is able to evoke feelings with just words is amazing. Still, I usually alternate my books, so after reading something like Beauty, I 'd switch to Robert Rankin or Jane Austin, etc ( and then change back again after that).

it is almost impossible to find a series when you don't know the title, main character names or the author, though i'm sure she is australian and her surname was between E and K (hah! i remembered which shelf i used to get the books from in the library, but i can't remember their title