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Excerpts

cover of Daughters of EarthThe 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)

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      • "The Evening and the Morning and the Night" by Octavia Butler (1987) and "Octavia Butler—Praise Song to a Prophetic Artist" by Andrea Hairston.
      • A Space of Her Own: Pamela Zoline's "The Heat Death of the Universe" by Mary E. Papke
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