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The Last Amazon

A. Bertram Chandler

First published June 1984
Type Novel
Series Rim Worlds › John Grimes #14

Synopsis

Originally, Sparta was an all male planet - an all male population with everything that implies: babies - male babies only - produced by the so-called Birth Machine from an almost unending supply of fertilized ova brought by Sparta's founding father, a dyed in the wool misogynist. But unnatural situations rarely stand the test of time, and it wasn't too long before Sparta bowed to Mother Nature. But there was still something rather strange about Sparta when John Grimes landed there to await the arrival of his beloved ship Sister Sue. It seemed to him that among the recently transplanted women of Sparta, there was a strange movement afoot. And when the Archon was kidnapped by a group of militant women the press claimed were men, he knew he couldn't just stand by and watch! (from the back cover of the DAW Books first edition)

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1985 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Australian Long Fiction Nominee/Finalist

Publications (9)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1984 Cover The Last Amazon DAW Books Novel 5
June 1984 Cover The Last Amazon DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Novel 5
January 2004 Cover John Grimes: Reserve Commodore Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus 1
August 2007 John Grimes-Far Traveler Couriers Baen Books Omnibus
April 2012 Cover Ride the Star Winds Baen Books Omnibus 239
April 2012 Cover Ride the Star Winds Baen Books Omnibus |239
June 2013 Cover Ride the Star Winds Baen Books Omnibus 305
December 2015 Cover The Last Amazon Gateway / Orion Novel
June 2016 Cover The Last Amazon Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio Novel