Justine Larbalestier

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Daughters reviewed

Remember the anthology I published a couple of months ago? Daughters of Earth?

Well, at long last, it’s been reviewed and the review’s a lovely one.

Here’s what Nancy Jane Moore at sfrevu has to say about Daughters:

    In Daughters of Earth, eleven feminist science fiction scholars look at eleven feminist science fiction stories. Given that the field of science fiction scholarship is a small one, it is a joy to find eleven very good feminist scholars among them. Combining the microcosm of each story with the macrocosm of the Twentieth Century, these scholars provide us with a depth of experience we can’t get just reading the stories themselves.

A ridiculous amount of work (tracking down copyright holders, arguing with agents, wrangling stories out of the essayists and etc.) went into Daughters and I’m crazy proud of the end result: from the gorgeous cover by Cat Sparks to the awesome essays. If you’re at all interested in science fiction you should really check it out.

Posted by Justine at 10:13, 5 July 2006 under Daughters of Earth, Vainglory | 5 Comments »

Comments

  1. anonymous Says:

    is it hard? it looks like its no for fun reading. i don’t like to work when i’m reading.

    July 5th, 2006 at 2:12 PM

  2. margo Says:

    Hey, Justine, so when is the chapbook with the 1940s story and essay coming out?

    I have so many books to read, I was trying not to look too hard at DOE. Now, dammit, I have to get it. *clicks tongue with annoyance*

    July 5th, 2006 at 6:58 PM

  3. Danny Yee Says:

    The volume as a whole is definitely fun – the critical essays aren’t as much fun as the stories, but they’re accessible and interesting. See my review at http://dannyreviews.com/h/Daughters_Earth.html

    July 8th, 2006 at 8:10 AM

  4. 4. Justine Says:

    Thanks, Danny! Nice review.

    July 9th, 2006 at 1:35 PM

  5. anghara Says:

    Just got a copy for review purposes – watch out for it in SFSite – but right now I”m trying to finish the last couple of chapters of the #2 book in teh YA series, so everything else has taken a secondary importance – I will be reading this book next, though! And I look forward to it!

    July 10th, 2006 at 4:27 PM

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