Eleanor Arnason is an American author of science fiction whose works frequently explore cultural change and conflict. Her characters often find themselves on the periphery of society, unable or unwilling to conform to its established rules. Arnason delves into how individuals navigate complex social structures and grapple with their otherness. Her prose is noted for its insightful examination of human psychology and societal dynamics.
For 50 years the humans have been in conflict with humanoid aliens, now they are conducting diplomatic peace talks but they are complicated by racial and sexual jobs, aggressive attitudes, and misunderstood customs
In ''Big Green Mama Falls in Love,'' Big Green Mama duplicates herself and discovers just how life-threatening a Big-Mama-sized case of love can be while the skwork learn that one cannot train a microbe to be patriotic. In ''Big Red Mama in Time and Morris, Minnesota,'' Big Red Mama is annoyed big-time when she discovers the Cretaceous has been invaded by an obnoxious human who has stolen a time-machine and decides that some information probably shouldn't be free, particularly since as a group, humans underestimated the damage they did and rarely took responsibility for anything. On the basis of these stories, the one thing you can say for sure is that Big Mamas' lives are never dull.