Excerpts
The following are the introduction and one sample chapters from Daughters of Earth. For extra enjoyment make sure you read the story the essay discusses first.
Introduction by Justine Larbalestier
A Space of Her Own: Pamela Zoline’s ‘The Heat Death of the Universe’ by Mary E. Papke (click here to the read the story on scifiction)
- How to Ditch Your Fairy
- Magic or Madness Trilogy
- Daughters of Earth
- The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction
Blog
- Famous in their own country
The responses to my post about gender-directed1 reading reminded me that I’ve been meaning to post about authors who are famous in their own country but not that well known outside it. Specifically, a bunch of you were aghast that anyone could dismiss Flannery O’Connor as “lightweight”. I suspect the reason that lecturer …
- Blog Overlord: What a pretty neologism, Justine.
JL: Why thank you!
BO: Um, Justine, I was being sarcastic. Really sarcastic.
JL: Well, you can rack off then, can’t you?
BO: Not really. I’m Blog Overlord.
JL: I hired you. I can also fire you.
BO: Whatever. That “word” still sucks. [↩]
- Blog Overlord: What a pretty neologism, Justine.
- FAQ updated + good news
- Not liking a good book
- Tallying Olympic Medals
- Answering questions
- more...
Archives
Newsletter
Appearances
17 September 2008
Kepler’s Books & Music
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA
18 September 2008, 7PM
Not Your Mother’s Bookclub
Books Inc.
San Francisco, CA
Interviews
I am interviewed with Scott Westerfeld on Detroit’s Cult-Pop TV. Click on no. 13 to watch it (February 2008).
Me and Ekaterina Sedia are interviewed by K. Tempest Bradford about being foreigners writing and living in the USA (30 January 2008).
Mini Bio
I’m a Sydney girl what writes novels, is obsessed with cricket, and travels way too much.
My next novel, How To Ditch Your Fairy, will be out from Bloomsbury Books in September 2008.
For more info about me there’s a whole bunch of interviews here plus my FAQ.
