Beyond the Gates, by Catherine Wells
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"Dhrusil-matkhashi is a wasteland. The soil is sterile. Why do you suppose we stay on this continent?" Marta, a graduate student researching indigenous life on isolationist Dray's Planet, discovers an animal that can't be indigenous, but which can't have come from anywhere else. The puzzle convinces the Children of the Second Revelation to bring two Unbelievers into their closed society. As the rival offworld scientists trek into the harsh desert to determine the creature's origins, Marta stumbles onto another mystery: why do folk tales speak of roarings and screechings from the planet's second continent, the uninhabitable Land Beyond the Gates? And why are the Faithful forbidden to set foot there? Religious leaders will not sanction a trip to the uncharted land they deem uninhabitable. Marta must keep her expedition from coming to their attention, while keeping her difficult offworlders on task. After that, uncovering the secrets of the prohibited place ought to be the easy part. But they still have to live to tell the tale...
Beyond the Gates, by Catherine Wells- Amazon Sales Rank: #1721925 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-05-01
- Released on: 2015-05-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author Catherine Wells is the author of numerous novels and short stories of speculative fiction. Her works include Mother Grimm, a finalist for the 1997 Philip K. Dick Award, and the Coconino trilogy, both available from Phoenix Pick. Her short stories have appeared in Analog, Asimov’s Magazine of Science Fiction, and Intergalactic Medicine Show, as well as anthologies such as Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse and Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction. For historical fiction fans, her novel Macbeatha is available from Desert Moon Press. Ms. Wells holds a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Arizona and has been both a science and technology librarian and a medical librarian Tucson, Arizona. She is married with two grown children and enjoys hiking and choral singing. For more books by Catherine Wells, visit www.catherine-wells.com.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Great realistic characters By Steve One the best SF books I have read recently. The characters are multi-dimensional and their motives change as circumstances change. Every character had an interesting personality. Most SF characters are very one dimensional (ie. good guy, bad guy, greedy, altruistic, etc.) Well's blended these and other traits to make very realistic characters. The plot was interesting with a surprise twist ending that I liked a lot. The theocracy was a bit too unrealistic for me but worked in the context of the story. Finally the sex was not nearly as gratuitous as the author likes to make it out to be. The sex scenes fit in very well with the story and seemed appropriate.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful. And on the thousand and second night . . . By A Customer What a kick! Wells takes a typical SF plot--the mysterious life form and the scientists who try to figure out what it is and how it got there--and blends it nicely with ``the backwater planet held back by a religious theocracy'' theme--and brews up something fresh and spicey.Marta, the randy, feisty heroine (aka ``the little predator'') herds two glory-crazed, funding-obsessed scientists around the planet. The plot twists and turns nicely, and she becomes the stuff legends are made of, as we see from the clever framing device--the text is woven around a tale told by caravan leader to his child at some time in the future. Increasingly the text itself diverges from the Arabian nights tale the nomad tells, and that only adds to the fun.Seems as if there's going to be a thousand and third night, too. But this one's more than enough for now.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Troubling afterthought. By Dan Jensen When I found this book in my local bookstore I was delighted. Islam in space, intriguing indeed. Now the story is not exactly brimming with technology, which actually makes this a believable story in many ways. The humans of Dray's World are Nouveau Moslems of a variety that see men and women as equals in every way. The women are strong and independent and I think that's the best with this story.However. I read this book with an initial joy that slowly turned into disappointment. The Islam portrayed in the story is an Islam interested in the pursuit of knowledge, tolerance and equality. The fact that the leaders of this culture has lied to their own people is not what bothers me, leaders always seem to have something to keep away from the prying eyes of their subjects. What bothers me is that an equal and tolerant society still practice execution of dissidents. If anyone questions the religion they can be killed by people throwing stones at them. That seems odd to me. I am not naive enough not to realize that this is the prerogative of the writer to create the society of her choosing. But to brush past this fact that unbelievers and dissidents are not part of the tolerance of the Innantan society seems disturbing to me. Whenever a religious order create a closed society to practice their beliefs anyone who follows them into seclusion are accepting the rules of the group. Their children are the ones who rebel. I read somewhere that the Puritans of New England were disturbed by the fact that so few of those born in New England measured up to the standards of the Puritan faith. Where are the dissidents of Innanta?The second problem I have with this book is that in a society that favors sexual freedom in the way that Marta practice also executes homosexuals. I think that a culture that has an easy attitude towards womens sexual rights usually also are easy on homosexuality as well.
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