Woman on the Edge of Time (Buch)

Piercy's novel is an entertaining and historically important work of Science Fiction, exemplifying many of the technological as well as feminist concerns of her time.

I had picked up this book specifically because it had time travel involved and I'm a time travel nut. In this particular book, the main character, Connie, "travels" to the future, the year 2137 supposedly. Of course, since she is in a mental institution, there is a bit of the theme: Is she crazy or is it real? The writing was well done, the character development was fantastic. The time travel was left wanting. This is a great drama story, a good woven tale. I feel a bit jilted as the author left the ending too open ended, as if just to create a forever left argument over her schizophrenia or time travel. That felt a bit too contrived. A good open ending can let you argue one way or the other based upon your reading. This book's open ending was too open...and no good basis could be derived for either telling. A great read, a disappointing end. I wouldn't have even normally left this review for a 3 star book, but with all these 5 star ratings which led to me buy it, I felt the whole spectrum needed to be represented.

This particular book written by Marge Piercy was definetely worth reading. The book starts off with a Womn by the name of Connie. She is not your average woman, she is considered to be a minority, and has faced several bad times within her life. She also has a niece, by the name of Dolly, who has a job as a prostitute and works for a pimp by the name of Geraldo. One night Dolly got into a fight with her pimp and ended up dragging Connie into the whole ordeal. Geraldo decided to send Connie to a mental Hospital, but Connie wasn't particularly willing. I'm not really sure, but at this point in the story it's all a guess as to whether or not Connie actually crazy or not.
There's another part to this book it's about a woman named Luciente. Connie sincerely believes that Luciente is trying to contact her from the future. Connie ends up interacting with Luciente, and the two of them share the pleasure of visiting each others worlds. After being on the edge of your seat throughout the entire novel, it ends up being that Connie is faced with a very serious decision and she may have to live with for the rest of her life. I'm sure you're wondering what the big decision was, but you'll have to read the book in order to find out.

Marge Piercy has written a great novel. The book is about a woman named Connie. She is a minority leaving in America and she faced a lot of hardship growing up. The world she lives in now does not respect and hardly ever notices her. She has a niece, who is a prostitute, by the name of Dolly. Dolly gets Connie involved with her pimp and a fight breaks out. The pimp sends Connie to a mental hospital against her will. This is where the story gets interesting. Connie may or may not actually be crazy. She believes that someone named Luciente, is traveling from the future to speak to her. The story goes about with Connie and Luciente exploring each other worlds. Connie can barely fathom all the simplistic ways of the so-called future. The book ends with a difficult decision that Connie has to make and live with for the rest of her life. This book is a very good read. It does start off to slow but once you get to the more meatier part, you want be able to put the book down.

Woman on the edge of time was a very interesting read to me. It was my first read in the genre of the "future world" and ecotopian societies. You can tell the book was written by a feminist and a "rosy the riveter" type of lady. In this book women are equals and everyone raises babies and does similar tasks. If you are a feminist and believe in equal rights then this is definitely a book for you. Although a lot of the ideas I did not agree with, I did find the book to be inspiring and a unique view of life in the future. If you are into ecotopian views and ways of life (if you like 1985, any Ernest Callenbach's books etc.) then you will find this book as a different view of what the future may be like. If you have enough spare time to read a decent book then definitely read this book. Although it starts off slow I promise as you read on you will not want to put this book down.