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The Maërlande Chronicles

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by Élisabeth Vonarburg

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Paperback ISBN 10: 0-888782-94-2 ISBN 13: 978-0-88878-294-6 4.25" X 7.00" $8.95 US (free shipping in North America) 582 pages AMAZON.COM AMAZON.CA

The Maërlande Chronicles A future society, where women far outnumber men, has abandoned the models of patriarchy and matriarchy and established new gender roles. But Lisbeï, a young thinker whose gift is exploring the past, confronts the new establishment in order to force changes of her own. The Maërlande Chronicles is a sequel to the critically-acclaimed novel The Silent City. Élisabeth Vonarburg Élisabeth Vonarburg is considered one of Canada’s most accomplished Science Fiction writers. Born in France in 1947, she immigrated to Canada in 1973 and taught French Literature and Writing at various universities in Quebec. More recently, she has been actively involved in the speculative fiction community as a translator, convention organizer, literary editor, and writer. Her novels include The Silent City, Reluctant Voyagers and In the Mothers’ Land (published as The Maërlande Chronicles), the latter winning the Philip K. Dick Special Award in 1993. She has also received over thirty literary awards in France, Canada, and the US, including the 1998 Prix du Conseil québécois de la Femme en littérature, a one-time literary award given by the Quebecois Council for Women’s Affairs on its twentieth anniversary. Her five book series Tyranaël, received three major awards in Quebec: Dreams of the Sea is the English translation of the first book in the acclaimed series. A Game of Perfection  Dreams of the Sea  The Maërlande Chronicles Reluctant Voyagers  The Silent City  The Slow Engines of Time  TesseractsQ  Élisabeth also has stories in Tesseracts volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9. "An exciting, demanding, satisfying thought-experiment — serious science fiction doing what only science fiction can do." - Ursula K. LeGuin - "Fascinating, beautifully worked out - a real treasure, a meticulously created society." - Marion Zimmer Bradley -

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