Cohousing-L Mailing List: 5th sacred thing/was "Oh My!!..."

[Judy Baxter (BAXTER]

Patty and Lee recommended:
"A novel that might give you some insight into both polyamory, and the
idealism, courage and activism of the sixties, but set 50 years into the
future is The Fifth Sacred Thing, by Starhawk."

I too found it wonderful and insightful - you have reminded me to re-read it.
It is one of the few books i have bought in the last few years (I try to only
buy books after I have read them and decided I really want to have them as
companions).

Another of my favorites, BTW, while we are talking of "community" novels, is 
"The Disposessed" by Ursula Le Guin.  It is about an anarchist utopia ( sort of
science fantasy in that the colony is on a "moon" of a rich planet
(Earth-like).  The format can be hard to get into, (switching back and forth
between present and past) but i found it fascinating, especially in the
descriptions of the power relations in a supposedly egalitarian society.  They
have "only" community meals, and share *EVERYTHING*, but i think it is
relevant.

Judy

Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community,(MoCoCo) Twin Cities Area, Mpls.,MN
-- e-mail:      baxter [at] epi.umn.edu
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