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In 1666 Margaret Cavendish became the first woman to write a science fiction novel, over 150 years before Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. But The Blazing World has largely been ignored or left modern readers confused. What is it really about? How do 17th century Utopias prefigure modern science fiction? This is the story of The Blazing World and the fascinating, eccentric woman who wrote it.
Rebekka Dunlap's art can be found here: rrebekkaa.com/blazing-world
In 1666 Margaret Cavendish became the first woman to write a science fiction novel, over 150 years before Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. But The Blazing World has largely been ignored or left modern readers confused. What is it really about? How do 17th century Utopias prefigure modern science fiction? This is the story of The Blazing World and the fascinating, eccentric woman who wrote it.
Rebekka Dunlap's art can be found here: rrebekkaa.com/blazing-world
