Raising the Stones

TitleRaising the Stones
Year for Search1990
AuthorsTepper, Sheri [Shirley] S[tewart](1929-2016)
Date Published1990
PublisherDoubleday
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

Novel about two planets, one, Voorstad, is a religious dystopia with slaves and women veiled and hidden. Violent. The other, Hobbs Land, is a simple agricultural society. It, and the rest of the settled planets, are matrilineal. Much fantasy in that one focus of the novel is the death and rebirth of the old gods of Hobbs Land.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. New York: Bantam Books, 1991.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

Female author (1929-2016).

Full Text

1990 Tepper, Sheri [Shirley] S[tewart] (1929-2016). Raising the Stones. New York: Doubleday. Rpt. New York: Bantam Books, 1991. PSt

Novel about two planets, one, Voorstad, is a religious dystopia with slaves and women veiled and hidden. Violent. The other, Hobbs Land, is a simple agricultural society. It, and the rest of the settled planets, are matrilineal. Much fantasy in that one focus of the novel is the death and rebirth of the old gods of Hobbs Land. Female author.