Moving the Mountain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Moving the Mountain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman Over the next five months, I’m reading and reviewing ten pioneering works of science fiction written by women. This is my sixth pick. Stay tuned for more. Moving the Mountain (1911) is a novel whose plot is thinly veiled over the author’s political vision for the future. After thirty years Read More …

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, James Tiptree Jr.

Over the next five months, I’m reading and reviewing ten pioneering works of science fiction written by women. This is my fifth pick. Stay tuned for more. Alice B. Sheldon was an explorer, painter, Army Major, psychology Ph.D., socialite, and CIA agent. She is most known as the science fiction author who came to prominence Read More …

Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler

Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler Over the next five months, I’m reading and reviewing ten pioneering works of science fiction written by women. This is my third pick. Stay tuned for more. Parable of the Sower is the haunting tale of twelve year old Lauren Oya Olamina growing up in the United States in 2024. Read More …

A Description of A New World, Called the Blazing-World, Margaret Cavendish

Over the next five months, I’m reading and reviewing ten pioneering works of science fiction written by women. This is my second pick, check out my first. Stay tuned for more. In 1666, the same year that Newton graduated Cambridge, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, wrote A Description of A New World, Called the Blazing-World, Read More …