mothereader: Yuuri smiling while wearing a face mask. (smiling)
vedri ([personal profile] mothereader) wrote in [personal profile] profiterole_reads 2025-06-05 07:13 am (UTC)

The synopsis reminded of Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold. It is part of the Vorkosigan series, but it’s one of the few books in it that is fine to read without that larger context.

Athos is a planet with an all male population where homosexuality is the norm. Ethan is an obstetrician who left his planet to track down the missing shipment of ovarian tissue, because the ovarian tissue available on Athos is no longer viable. I recommend the “Critical Reception” of the Wikipedia article for more on the themes in the book, without many spoilers.


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