Memoirs of a Spacewoman (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Naomi Margaret Haldane
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—feminist
- Time of Work: Sometime after the twentieth century
- Setting: Terra (Earth) and other planets
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Sex or sexuality, Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Pregnancy, Feminism, Earth
- Locales: Earth, alternate versions of, Fictional planets
The Plot
Memoirs of a Spacewoman is a first-person narrative set in a utopian future. Mary, of indefinite age because of time blackouts during space travel, recalls her career as a communications specialist on various space expeditions. The novel, structured around Mary’s different voyages, also centers on her sexual desires and her pregnancies. As a communications specialist, Mary risks losing her own identity through establishing complete empathy with an alien life-form; despite extensive training and a stable personality, she has sometimes come close. In her first...
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