RAOUL%JPL-VAX@sri-unix.UUCP (02/01/84)
From: Alvin Wong <RAOUL@JPL-VAX> The setting in "Virgin Planet" by Poul Anderson is a female dominant culture. A star ship full of women (evidently prospective brides for colonists on some new planet) crash landed on an uncharted planet. The women reproduce themselves from cloning machines derived from the wreckage of the ship. Obviously the groups that control these machines have great influence. This goes on for several generations until an explorer ship piloted by a single male lands on the planet. The story begins here with his adventures. I read this book some time ago but I still remember the descriptions of the social structures of the various towns the male explorer visited. It's worth a look. Al Wong ------