The Fifth Sacred Thing - Outside of a Dog

486 pages

English language

Published Dec. 13, 1993 by Bantam Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-553-09522-7

An epic tale of freedom and slavery, love and war, and the potential futures of humankind tells of a twenty-first century California clan caught between two clashing worlds, one based on tolerance, the other on repression.

2 editions

gallopingants reviewed The fifth sacred thing by Starhawk

the title of my review of the fifth sacred thing

4 stars

I really enjoyed this. It was seriously depressing from about half way through but all together a great read. It took a darn long time to make it through to the finish but, nearing the end, I couldn’t put it down. (review from my personal notes from Jan 2023)

Literally a Blue Cup reviewed The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk

Gripping eco-utopian, pagan

4 stars

Pros: * Eco-utopians fighting (nonviolently of course) against Gilead in a Mad Max style post-apocalyptic world, it's a cliche, but done well. * Not a starry-eyed communist utopia where everyone gets along, the author makes sure to bring up that not everyone agrees with decisions made by community, and these decisions are hard in times of conflict * Many threaded story lets reader see different points of view

Cons: * There are so many sex scenes that it makes the pacing of the book confusing. It's like a lot of the characters are bonobos. The scenes aren't bodice-ripper style or particularly uncomfortable, there's just a lot of them * Lots of chi'i and accupressure (this might be a pro to some)

Pros: * Eco-utopians fighting (nonviolently of course) against Gilead in a Mad Max style post-apocalyptic world, it's a cliche, but done well. * Not a starry-eyed communist utopia where everyone gets along, the author makes sure to bring up that not everyone agrees with decisions made by community, and these decisions are hard in times of conflict * Many threaded story lets reader see different points of view

Cons: * There are so many sex scenes that it makes the pacing of the book confusing. It's like a lot of the characters are bonobos. The scenes aren't bodice-ripper style or particularly uncomfortable, there's just a lot of them * Lots of chi'i and accupressure (this might be a pro to some)

Subjects

Utopias -- Fiction.
California -- Fiction.