Earthsong
Fiction: Sci-Fi
by Suzette Haden Elgin; foreword by Karen Lord; read by Amy Landon
In the stunning conclusion to the Native Trilogy, female linguists must once again come forward and fight for the future of humanity.
Originally published in 1984, this classic dystopian trilogy is a testament to the power of language and women's collective action.
The interstellar Consortium of Planets forsakes the irredeemably violent Earth, condemning the planet to economic and ecological chaos. Given one last chance to halt Earth's annihilation, women freedom fighters discover a way to rid Earth of men's brutality—but it may have come too late. In the stunning conclusion to the Native Trilogy, female linguists must once again come forward and fight for the future of humanity.
"I urge [the Native Tongue trilogy] upon you. . . . Elgin has carried current [views] on women to their 'logical' conclusion. . . . She takes up everything from religion to sex. Above all, she understands that until women find the words and syntax for what they need to say, they will never say it, nor will the world hear it." —Women's Review of Books
Suzette Haden Elgin (1936–2015) was an American science fiction author. The founder of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, she was considered an important figure in the field of science fiction constructed languages. Elgin was also a linguist and the author of the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense series.