Bloodchild, Octavia E. Butler
Bloodchild, Octavia E. Butler
"Bloodchild" describes the unusual bond between a race of insect-like lifeforms called the Tlic and a colony of humans who have escaped Earth and settled on the Tlic planet. When the Tlic realize that humans make excellent hosts for Tlic eggs, they establish the Preserve to protect the humans, and in return require that every family choose a child for implantation.
In several interviews as well as in her afterword to "Bloodchild", Butler explains the different situations that led her to write the story. To begin with, she wanted to "write out" her fear of her body being invaded by a parasitic insect, specifically the botfly. She also wanted to write about a human male becoming pregnant; about the risks to his body as well as what it would take for him to have maternal feelings towards his alien brood, and so she ended crafting a story about a symbiotic, loving relationship between two very different species.
Christina Dalcher: VOX
Christina Dalcher: VOX
Christina Dalcher’s Vox is the latest in a rush of feminist speculative novels, and like most of them begins at the terrifying end of the spectrum. All the women and girls in America have been fitted with a metal bracelet that delivers an electric shock if they go over their limit of 100 spoken words a day. Pens and paper are forbidden; books locked up; sign language punishable by … what? No one knows. The offenders simply disappear, hauled off by enforcers in the vastly expanded Bible belt.
Jetzt als Graphic Novel - einer der besten dystopischen Romane aller Zeiten
Desfred ist Magd in Gilead, wo Frauen weder Beruf noch Freundschaften haben, ja nicht einmal lesen dürfen. Sie dient im Haus des Kommandanten. Dort hat sie nur eine Daseinsberechtigung: Einmal im Monat muss sie sich auf den Rücken legen und beten, dass der Kommandant sie schwängert. Denn in Zeiten zurückgehender Geburten besteht der Wert Desfreds und der anderen Mägde allein darin, dass sie fruchtbar sind. Aber Desfred hat die Zeiten vor Gilead erlebt, als sie eine unabhängige Frau war ... Margaret Atwood selbst hat ihren Klassiker für diese Graphic Novel bearbeitet - und »Der Report der Magd« gewinnt durch die Verdichtung des Textes und die kongenialen Zeichnungen Renée Naults noch einmal eine ganz eigene Dringlichkeit und Intensität.
Margaret Atwood: The Testaments.
Margaret Atwood: The Testaments.
In this electrifying sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood answers the question that has tantalised readers for decades: What happened to Offred?
The Republic of Gilead is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, two girls with radically different experiences of the regime come face to face with the legendary, ruthless Aunt Lydia. But how far will each go for what she believes?
Naomi Alderman: The Power.
Naomi Alderman: The Power.
Suddenly - tomorrow or the day after - teenage girls find that with a flick of their fingers, they can inflict agonizing pain and even death. With this single twist, the four lives at the heart of Naomi Alderman's extraordinary, visceral novel are utterly transformed.
Adi Gelbart, Egglike
Adi Gelbart, Egglike
Egglike is the first novel by electronic musician and artist Adi Gelbart.
Underneath a highway bridge, two mysterious vehicles—a driverless purple truck and a riderless yellow motorcycle—pass twice a day. A man is standing on that bridge, observing and transcribing their routines. Little about them makes sense, but the man has his theories.
All of his theories are wrong.
However, this sets him off on a journey to implausible places and leads to bizarre encounters between man, machines, alien life forms, cats, and vegetables in this part surrealist, part sci-fi reflection on human existence.
Margaret Weitekamp traces the rise and fall of the Lovelace Woman in Space program within the context of the cold war and the thriving women's aviation culture of the 1950s, showing how the Lovelace trainees challenged prevailing attitudes about women's roles and capabilities. In examining the experiences of the would-be Lady Astronauts, this study documents the achievements and frustrated hopes of a remarkable group of women.