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I read her novel “The Blazing World” early last year as part of a Elle Griffin’s project to read Utopian novels. It was startlingly modern, funny, and enjoyable
by johngossman 3y ago
I read her novel “The Blazing World” early last year as part of a Elle Griffin’s project to read Utopian novels. It was startlingly modern, funny, and enjoyable. I’ve read other things from that period they can be difficult or dull. I would have guessed she was a contemporary of Verne or Wells (or Poe) rather than Newton and Pepys. I liked it better than Utopia (it’s funnier).
- Brajeshwar 3y agoI envy you that you enjoyed reading it. I read it in 2020 after the book popped up somewhere (perhaps HackerNews) as the 1st Science Fiction novel by a woman. As a “Science Fiction written in the 17th century,” I found it a bit hard to read with satisfaction. I read it for gratification that I read the “the first-ever” origin of science fiction stories.
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