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Woman on the Edge of Time
First edition
AuthorMarge Piercy
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction, utopian
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
1976
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages369
ISBN0-394-49986-7
OCLC2020128
Dewey Decimal
813/.5/4
LC ClassPZ4.P618 Wo PS3566.I4

Woman on the Edge of Time is a 1976 novel by American writer Marge Piercy. It is considered a classic of utopian speculative science fiction as well as a feminist classic. The novel was originally published by Alfred A. Knopf. Piercy draws on several inspirations to write this novel such as utopian studies, technoscience, socialization, and female fantasies. One of Piercy's main inspirations for her utopian novels is Plato's Republic. Piercy describes the novel as, "if only…"[1] Piercy even compares Woman on the Edge of Time and another one of her utopian novels He, She, and It when discussing the themes and inspirations behind it.

  1. ^ Piercy, Marge (1994). "Telling Stories About Stories". Utopian Studies. 5 (2): 1–3. ISSN 1045-991X. JSTOR 20719308.

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