Carnival

This book is a good example of terrific world-building with a convoluted plot. Bear created a fantastic new world called New Amazonia where women run everything and men are divided into studs, for breeding, or gentles, for serving. She also evolved Earth into New Earth, a post-apocalyptic world where humans created an AI called the Governors which then culled most of population because they did not possess the correct behaviors or made the right choices. Most of the people of the Northern Hemisphere were eliminated. New Amazonia is one of the planets people fled to before the second culling. Despite this awesome setting, Bear created a story of espionage and double-crossing that was very hard to follow. So, I didn't really enjoy that part. Nonetheless, this book was nominated for several awards, including the Gaylactic Spectrum Award.

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