When Voiha Wakes

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When Voiha Wakes is a novel by Joy Chant published in 1983. It is the third stand-alone novel set in the land of Vanderai, as were Red Moon and Black Mountain (1970), and The Grey Mane of Morning (1977).

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When Voiha Wakes
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AuthorJoy Chant
Publication date
1983

Plot summary

When Voiha Wakes is a novel about a matriarchal society in which men are relegated to working at crafts and living segregated from women. [1]

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed When Voiha Wakes for White Dwarf #50, and stated that "Arrange the sexes as you will: it stays a relatively mundane story. Caused me no pain.". [1] In 2009, Brian Stableford described the novel as "more enterprising, but less successful" than The Grey Mane of Morning "in its depiction of a matriarchal society". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Langford, Dave (February 1984). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf (50). Games Workshop: 14.
  2. Brian Stableford, The A to Z of Fantasy Literature (Lanham, Toronto: Scarecrow Press, 2009), 68