The Science of Herself

Overview

New stories from an award-winning, feminist, sci-fi writer

Widely respected in the so-called “mainstream” 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, The Science of Herself is a marvelous hybrid of SF and historical fiction: the almost-true story of England’s first female paleontologist who took on the Victorian old-boy establishment armed with only her own fierce intelligence—and an arsenal of dino bones.

Reviews

“No contemporary writer creates characters more appealing, or examines them with greater acuity and forgiveness, than she does.”  —Michael Chabon, author, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay on Karen Joy Fowler

“Fowler’s witty writing is a joy to read.”  —USA Today

“An astonishing narrative voice, at once lyric and ironic, satiric and nostalgic . . . Fowler can tell stories that engage and enchant.”  —San Francisco Chronicle

“Fowler manages to re-create both life’s extraordinary and its ordinary magic.” —New York Times Book Review

"This is a must-own for diehard Fowler fans, and an ideal pocket-sized primer for the uninitiated." —Publishers Weekly

Author Biography

Karen Joy Fowler is a well-respected science fiction and fantasy author who has written three story collections and six novels, including the New York Times bestseller, The Jane Austen Book Club. She is a two-time winner of the Nebula and World Fantasy awards, and the cofounder of the Tiptree Award, given for works dealing with the politics of sex and gender. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.