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A review by grayjay
Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
4.0
Dreamsnake follows the adventures of Snake, a healer, as she travels a post-apocalyptic Earth, offering her services. She can synthesize medicines, vaccines, cancer treatments and more through the venom glands of three specially trained snakes. When her Dreamsnake, the rarest of the three is killed through a misunderstanding with local villagers, she decides to journey in search of a new source for the Dreamsnakes.
It is a different kind of narrative, an adventure motivated by professionalism and personal responsibility, that meanders slowly but purposefully like the movement of a snake.
It features a female protagonists writing by a woman in the 70s, and all male characters are clearly secondary. It has very open discussions about casual sex, polyamorous relationships, child sex abuse, and a casual attitude toward homosexuality.
It is a different kind of narrative, an adventure motivated by professionalism and personal responsibility, that meanders slowly but purposefully like the movement of a snake.
It features a female protagonists writing by a woman in the 70s, and all male characters are clearly secondary. It has very open discussions about casual sex, polyamorous relationships, child sex abuse, and a casual attitude toward homosexuality.