voles4women's review against another edition
4.0
I really love Karen Joy Fowler's writing and it was really interesting to go back after reading all her novels to this, from 1986, her first published short story collection. She's an excellent short story writer, and she blends speculative fiction with real historical, personal, and sociological insights in the best way. It's very interesting to see the way she was branded early in her career: as a sci-fi writer, even though I'd say she really lightly incorporated elements of the genre. I think in 2020 I would expect to see this compared moreso to Salt Slow or Her Body and Other Parties, vs. the Orson Scott card pullquote on the cover of my edition. I really think she's just criminally underrated as an author, and I'm sad that I'm starting to run out of works by her
voles4women's review
4.0
I really love Karen Joy Fowler's writing and it was really interesting to go back after reading all her novels to this, from 1986, her first published short story collection. She's an excellent short story writer, and she blends speculative fiction with real historical, personal, and sociological insights in the best way. It's very interesting to see the way she was branded early in her career: as a sci-fi writer, even though I'd say she really lightly incorporated elements of the genre. I think in 2020 I would expect to see this compared moreso to Salt Slow or Her Body and Other Parties, vs. the Orson Scott card pullquote on the cover of my edition. I really think she's just criminally underrated as an author, and I'm sad that I'm starting to run out of works by her
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