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A drama of survival and differing visions of the future. Connie Ramos is unfairly detained in a psychiatric hospital, this is the turn- ing point for a novel about war and a Utopian future.
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Excerpted from Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. Copyright © 2000. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
She hated being around the shock shop. It scared her. Regularly some patients from L-6 were wheeled out for shock. One morning there would be no breakfast for you, and then you would know. They would wheel you up the hail and inject you to knock you out and shoot you up with stuff that turned your muscles to jelly, so that even your lungs stopped. You were a hair from death. You entered your death. Then they would send voltage smashing through your brain and knock your body into convulsions. After that they'd give you oxygen and let you come back to life, somebody's life, jumbled, weak, dribbling saliva - come back from your scorched taste of death with parts of your memory forever burned out. A little brain damage to jolt you into behaving right. Sometimes it worked. Sometimes a woman forgot what had scared her, what she had been worrying about. Sometimes a woman was finally more scared of being burned in the head again, and she went home to her family and did the dishes and cleaned the house. Then maybe in a while she would remember and rebel and then she'd be back for more barbecue of the brain. In the back wards the shock zombies lay, their brains so scarred they remembered nothing, giggling like the old lobotomized patients.
On that Wednesday she was sitting there hopefully, but Fargo was deep in gossip with another black attendant. Connie had gone up once for a light - the only way inmates could get a match was to beg for one - and had been told to wait a minute, honey, half an hour ago. Four other patients were waiting too with small requests. She knew better than to approach again. On her lap was spread yesterday's paper, a present from Fargo for cleaning up vomit, but she had read through it, including births and deaths and legal notices. Mrs. Martinez approached her, eyes meeting hers and then downcast in a gesture that reminded her suddenly of Luciente's orange eat. Several weeks had passed since she had been in contact with the future, although almost daily she felt Luciente's presence asking to be let through. Here in the violent ward she was afraid to allow contact, for she had to watch her step. She was never alone, not even in the toilets without doors, never away from surveillance. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
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I originally was given this book to read for a college course called "Utopia/Dystopia" and I must say I was skeptical when I started, but a fan by the time I finished. Everyone seems to refer to this work as a "Feminist" book, but I find it more Humanist than anything else. Both futures presented here are a little two dimensional, the Utopia is all squeaky clean and bright while the Dystopia is plastic evil through and through, but it's the ideas and the characters which make this novel shine. The concepts presented are very attractive and (in my opinion) very advanced for the period in which this was written (1976! Doesn't show a bit.). I'm a big fan of HG Wells and David Gerrold, and this novel fits in nicely with the former's Utopian visions and the laters complex character development.
Piercy's mid 70's world is spot on; dirty, brown, and paranoid. Her treatment of the insane is both sensitive and compelling, it's hard to think of a more desperate character than poor Connie. And the ending is sweet (ohhhh so sweet!) and pleasantly vague at the same time.
I'm a guy. I like guy things. But I'm also very fond of this book (I'd put it in my top ten) and the views of social equality it presents. This book will age nicely, I can see it as a classic in another few decades. Our society is on the cusp of the genetic revolution, who's side are you on?
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I am delighted to have stumbled upon a feminist novelist who can portray a woman's view without resorting to continual male-bashing. Her skill with English is a wonderful breath of air in a time when writers are churning out a semi-lierate cloud.
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Read this for the same "Utopia/Dystopia" class - and was captivated. After having picked through a half dozen other books - I'm amazed at how Marge Piercy is able to write cover so many genres - from historical fiction to contemporary fiction to science fiction.
I can say she's become one of my all time favorite writers - and personally most influential.
This - probably one of her best works (also read, Gone to Soldiers). I don't want to give away too much of the story line - as it might spoil some of the fun of exploring the unique and creative storyline.
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Woman On the Edge Of Time
I was saddened to read negative reviews of this wonderful novel. Especially as most the negative reviews were based on how "feminist" this book is. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. Januar 2000 von Kristina Portney
human utopia
I forgot my dreams and Marge Piercy put them in a book. How wonderful to read about a place with compassion; one that nurtures a person's talents, a community that actively... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Mai 1999 von Sharon Saunders
irritating, frustrating and unrealistic
I picked up this book because of a great interest in Utopian/Dystopian literature. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed in this particular piece. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. Dezember 1998 veröffentlicht
Shining feminist SF from a forgotten time
My interest in time travel dates back to earliest childhood, but this entry into the genre was first published at a time when science fiction was nowhere to be found in movies or... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. August 1998 veröffentlicht
Good idea, but not compelling
I absolutely love Marge Piercy's writing - both her poetry and her novels, but this one didn't do it for me. I liked the feminist utopian vision. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. August 1998 veröffentlicht
Changed my life forever
heard the first many chapters read over the Radio and it was about five years later that I got ahold of a copy. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. Juni 1998 veröffentlicht
Great bleepin book
I was assigned this book for a class 7 years ago. Didn't read it until 5 years ago, have since reread it frequently and have purchased copies for every single one of my nearest... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Mai 1998 veröffentlicht
Good intentions, but missed the point
I read this book recently, and believe it has its demographics picked well. If you are a feminist who sees no value whatsoever in the male gender, as well as no principles or... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. Dezember 1997 veröffentlicht
Loved it!
A wonderful read! I was told that this book fell into the genre of "feminist science fiction". Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. Oktober 1997 veröffentlicht
Only the best
This book is THE BEST BOOK EVER! It is a book that two people could read and think to completly different things. It also is an awakaning to our envirmental and social problems. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. August 1997 von yu100453@yorku.ca
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