Zivan - Childless Cat Guy<p>I've finished: Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon</p><p> <br>When I read a novel that was written 30 years ago and speaks to me now, I wonder where I was when it was published. Would I have appreciated it as much back then as I do now and what are the market forces that didn't make the novel available to me back then. <br> <br>At the time, I was reading from a very small selection of translated work and the small English sci-fi shelf at the local library and bookstore. <br> <br>(My father did hand me Le Guin's The Word for World is Forest in the late 80s). <br> <br>This is the story of an old woman from a traditional society that has had enough and want's to live the rest of her life on her own terms and not be beholden to others. <br> <br>Sarah is grumpy, but not an annoying kind of grumpy. She has had enough of the patriarchy and simply no longer gives a shit. <br> <br>But then, first contact. She is frustrated that her solitude is infringed upon and new demands are made on her, but she rises to the challenge and her life skills come in handy. <br> <br>I loved her point of view and the ways she found to assert herself. <br> <br>By today's terms this novel may come under; Cozy and Found Family. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/audiobooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>audiobooks</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/faminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faminism</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/FirstContact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstContact</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/amReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amReading</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/AudioBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AudioBooks</span></a></p>