Mary A. Turzillo
Autor de Mars Girls
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Mary A. Turzillo [credit: Mike Benveniste]
Obras de Mary A. Turzillo
When Gretchen Was Human 2 copias
Zora And The Land Ethic Nomads 2 copias
An Old-Fashioned Martian Girl 4 1 copia
An Old-Fashioned Martian Girl 2 1 copia
An Old-Fashioned Martian Girl 3 1 copia
Chrysoberyl 1 copia
By Ben Cruachan 1 copia
Miranda's Monster 1 copia
Eat or be eaten : a love story 1 copia
An Old-Fashioned Martian Girl 1 1 copia
If We Are Alone {poem} 1 copia
Beauty, or the Beast 1 copia
Mate 1 copia
The sleel [short fiction] 1 copia
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Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 13, No. 7 [July 1989] (1989) — Contribuidor — 10 copias
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Otros nombres
- Gourevitch, Mary Turzillo
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1940-06-12
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Ocupaciones
- science fiction writer
poet - Relaciones
- Landis, Geoffrey A. (husband)
- Organizaciones
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Premios y honores
- Nebula (2000) for 'Mars Is No Place For A Girl'
- Biografía breve
- Member of the Mars Society
http://www.marssociety.org/portal
Her own website is http://www.maryturzillo.com/
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- Obras
- 27
- También por
- 29
- Miembros
- 87
- Popularidad
- #211,168
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 15
- ISBNs
- 9
- Favorito
- 1
It tells the story of girls having adventures WITHOUT MEN.
Sure, there are men in the story. But they are incredibly incidental. The story is truly focused on Nanoannie and Kapera and the relationship between them is very well-written. There's an older/younger sister dynamic present which is played up hilariously. But there's also a deeper current of understanding between two girls who are very much isolated in their day-to-day lives and come to rely on one another in the face of overwhelming odds.
I loved both Kapera and Nanoannie. They compliment one another as far as their personalities are concerned and their characters are incredibly well-defined. They act like you'd expect kids their age to act; they can be annoying and imprudent and spoiled and bratty but they are also brave and kind and committed and strong.
The plot is good! Very pulpy, very hard sci-fi stuff but it's done in a very lighthearted way so it never comes across as overwritten. I loved the slang used throughout the book, I loved how the author trusts her readers to understand what she meant without bogging the book down with worldbuilding infodumps. The pacing was uneven...in fact, that was probably one of my biggest issues with the book...there was a portion of maybe the last third of the story that I felt kind of dragged a bit.
There were also some racially insensitive statements in the book unfortunately, but as I'm a white woman I don't think I'm equipped to offer that sort of critique. Things like rape and assault were mentioned but never actually occurred--in fact, there was very little male-driven violence directed at the girls, which is something else I appreciated.
Overall, this is a great book for fans of pulpy sci-fi adventures and/or readers who want more stories where girls and their friendships are put up front and center.… (más)