โ Scribed by Karen Joy Fowler
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Widely respected in the so-called โmainstreamโ for her New York Times bestselling novels, Karen Joy Fowler is also a formidable, often controversial, and always exuberant presence in Science Fiction. Here she debuts a provocative new story written especially for this series. Set in the days of Darwin, โThe Science of Herselfโ is a marvelous hybrid of SF and historical fiction: the almost-true story of Englandโs first female paleontologist who took on the Victorian old-boy establishment armed with only her own fierce intelligenceโand an arsenal of dino bones. Plus... โThe Pelican Bar,โ a homely tale of family ties that makes Guantรกnamo look like summer camp; โThe Further Adventures of the Invisible Man,โ a droll tale of sports, shoplifting and teen sex; and โThe Motherhood Statement,โ a quietly angry upending of easy assumptions that shows off Fowlerโs deep radicalism and impatience with conservative homilies and liberal pieties alike. And Featuring: our Outspoken Interview in which Fowler prophesies Californiaโs fate, reveals the role of bad movies in good marriages, and intimates that girls just want to have fun (which means make trouble).
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