Frau am Abgrund der Zeit

by Marge Piercy

German language

Published Jan. 5, 2000 by Argument Verlag.

(26 reviews)

Woman on the Edge of Time is a 1976 novel by 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 (Plato). Piercy describes the novel as, "if only...". 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 Woman on the Edge of Time.

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Lavinia reviewed Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

Review of 'Woman on the Edge of Time' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Mattapoisett, says Marge Piercy in the introduction to the new edition of Women on the Edge of Time, is born of the hunger for something better, but it relies on hope as the engine for imagining such a future. Like most women’s utopias, Mattapoisett is profoundly anarchist and aims at integrating people back into the natural world and eliminating power relationships. It was a society in which sex was available, accepted and non-hierarchical – and totally divorced from income, social status, power.

Osa Atoe reviewed Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

Review of 'Woman on the Edge of Time' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I think that Piercy sacrificed great storytelling in order to convey a political messasge. I admire her attempt to fit her very thorough social analysis into creative, fiction writing, but I think the story itself could have been better written, and sometimes verged on being a bit corny and predictable. I still recommned it, though.