"The Juniper Tree"
| Title | "The Juniper Tree" |
| Year for Search | 2000 |
| Authors | Kessel, John [Joseph Vincent](b. 1950) |
| Secondary Title | Science Fiction Age |
| Volume / Edition | 8.2 |
| Pagination | 56-67 |
| Date Published | January 2000 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | A society, called the Society of Cousins, formed to free women from the dominance of men and located in tunnels on the far side of the moon. The story shows both the eutopia created and its problems, which include discrimination against those perceived as not fitting in, issues of power, and issues of possessiveness and jealousy combined with a very free sexuality presented positively. See 2002, 2003, 2006, and 2017 Kessel for other works about the Society of Cousins. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in his The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories (Easthampton, MA: Small Beer Press, 2008), 49-84. |
| Holding Institutions | CU-Riv, Merril, PSt |
| Author Note | (b. 1950) |
| Full Text | 2000 Kessel, John [Joseph Vincent] (b. 1950). “The Juniper Tree.” Science Fiction Age 8.2 (January 2000): 56-67. Rpt. in The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Eighteenth Annual Collection. Ed. Gardner [Raymond] Dozois (New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2001), 1-26 with an editor’s note on 1; and in his The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories (Easthampton, MA: Small Beer Press, 2008), 49-84. CU-Riv, Merril, PSt A society, called the Society of Cousins, formed to free women from the dominance of men is located in tunnels on the far side of the moon. The story shows both the eutopia created and its problems, which include discrimination against those perceived as not fitting in, issues of power, and issues of possessiveness and jealousy combined with a very free sexuality presented positively. See 2002, 2003, 2006, and 2017 Kessel for other works about the Society of Cousins. |
