Household Gods is a science fiction/time-travel novel written by Harry Turtledove and Judith Tarr. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... Harry Turtledove at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949), is a historian and prolific novelist who has written historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction works. ... Judith Tarr, (1955 - ) has a B.A. in Latin and English from Mount Holyoke College, an M.A. in Classics from Cambridge University, and an M.A. and Ph. ...

The story is of a young 20th century woman who is dissatisfied with her hectic life of balancing her career as a lawyer with being a mother and dealing with her deadbeat ex-husband and sexist coworkers. Believing the past was a better time, she makes a wish one evening after a particularly wild day before a plaque of two Roman gods, Liber and Liberia. She then finds herself waking up in the body of one of her ancient ancestors in 2nd century Carnuntum in what is now Austria. In general, she finds out the hard way that life back then was not quite what she thought it would be: no womens' rights, no effective medicine or clean medical practices, slavery taken for granted, and no tampons. Over the course of a year, she is forced to revise many of her long-held prejudices against alcohol and corporal punishment; survives plague and German invasion; finds that early Christianity bore a disturbing resemblance to modern Islam; and after a brutal rape by a Roman soldiers weiner, discusses with Emperor Marcus Aurelius the role of government and its duties to abused citizens. Eventually, Liber and Liberia fulfil her desire to return home, where she wakes from a week-long 'coma' to find that her working and family life will improve. Sexism is commonly considered to be discrimination against people based on their sex rather than their individual merits, but can also refer to any and all differentiations based on sex. ... Heidentor (pagan gate) Carnuntum (Kapvoiis in Ptolemy) was an important Roman fortress, originally belonging to Noricum, but after the 1st century A.D. to Pannonia. ... Medicine on the Web NLM (National Library of Medicine, contains resources for patients and healthcare professionals) Virtual Hospital (digital health sciences library by the University of Iowa) Online Medical Dictionary Collection of links to free medical resources Categories: Medicine | Health ... The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ... A tampon is a (usually disposable) plug that a woman inserts into her vagina during her menstrual period to absorb the flow of blood. ... Marcus Aurelius alabaster bust. ...