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| Daughters of a Coral Dawn: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Katherine V. Forrest
Publisher: Alyson Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 372353
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 232
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 1555836623
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781555836627
ASIN: 1555836623
Publication Date: September 1, 2002
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Daughters Series August 1, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Coral Dawn shows the initiative of woman to move off earth and start their own world.
The characters are great, but the book is a little short.
 Not up to her standard April 23, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I adore Katherine Forrest's mysteries and Curious Wine is simply exquisite and I'm an SF fan, so it seemed like this would be a perfect match, but I'm afraid to say this novel was very disappointing. It felt very dated and cliche. The story moved at an insane speed with little or no support for some jumps of plot and logic. A good SF novel uses the alternative setting to free readers from expectations, but needs to have a logic in and of itself, but this felt like the SF backdrop was an excuse for implausable deus ex machina jumps in the plot. Very much "it doesn't have to make sense, it's SF." Still, this is a classic of lesbian feminist utopian fiction and it was worth reading on that level.
A world of women December 9, 2003
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
"Daughters of a Coral Dawn," by Katherine V. Forrest, tells the story of a collective of women who leave Earth to start an all-female society on the distant planet which they name Maternas. The book is a blend of science fiction and lesbian romance novel. Although hokey at times, it's an enjoyable book that has some effective touches of light humor.One aspect of the book that rings false is Forrest's vision of a future Earth gripped by sexism and institutional anti-lesbianism. It seems absurd that humanity could evolve to the point of having interstellar travel and still be crippled by such societal backwardness. But the book does have a copyright date of 1984, so this skewed look at the future may just reflect the reality of the time it was written. At times the romance aspect of the book is a bit too flowery for my taste. But the sweep of Forrest's overall vision really carries the tale. There are moments of real excitement and passages of genuine poetic beauty. "Daughters" is a worthy addition to that canon of sci-fi novels that explore human gender and sexuality (such as LeGuin's "The Left Hand of Darkness" and Sturgeon's "Venus Plus X").
 Great Escape! December 23, 2002
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I loved reading this book. It was impossible to put down. At first the relationships were strange, but I got over it and couldn't stop reading. Who wouldn't want to live in a new world with beautiful and intelligent women?? The main characters were very interesting and I found myself lusting after the lead character. I can't wait to read Daughters of an Amber Noon... (And I was shocked to see the 2 star review from one of the readers)
Delightful, enchanting, an enjoyable book to read August 8, 1999
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I've reread this book since I bought it a few years ago. It has enjoyable, realistic characters (within a sci-fi context), a good blend of conflict with familial and personal love conquering the dysfunctional mindset of earthly greed, lust and control over women. I'd rather live in that world anyday.
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