Helen MerrickCritiques

OK if you're into the self-referential world of academic critics critiquing academic critics - not much there for the ordinary SF reader who wants a better understanding of where FemSF fits into the broader feminist and SF worlds. Daughters of Earth is much more accessible. Tiptree shortlist 2010

The research is thorough and some of the chapters excellent, but the writing overall is far too academic to be readable. For myself as a non-academic reader, it was slow and painful going with bursts of brilliance.

The chapter dealing with cyberpunk was a standout and the whole book worth reading just for that. I also enjoyed the tracing of fannish history through the years.