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El mundo resplandeciente by Margaret Cavendish

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heregrim's review against another edition

2.0

Loved the idea of reading a proto-science fiction book and loved the animal people and the submarines, the pages of philosophizing was not to my taste. The romance stories that went before The Blazing World were fun, if also not particularly to my taste. Loved seeing the foundations of the genre I love.

colorfulleo92's review against another edition

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3.0

I've only read The Blazing World. A Sci-fi from 1666 and by a woman! Safe to say I was intruiged to read this when I found it. It was very cool to read a Sci-fi from 1666, didn't know the genre started so early, not sure if there is even earlier Sci fi stories out there. It had some really cool elements but didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted but I'm glad I had this experience

ajcoops's review against another edition

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3.0

for class. interesting philosophical/scientific questions and explanations for the time period, and fascinating depiction of woman friendships, but wow. colonialism 101. still, better than utopia.

kaliblackthorn's review against another edition

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3.0

Cavendish is an interesting woman.

gusabus's review against another edition

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4.0

Such a fascinating book! It's really interesting to see how this inspired the science-fiction genre - Cavendish is so full of ideas. The writing is pretty incoherent, but the content makes up for it!