I am not someone who reads science fiction very often. However, there are some science fiction books that I really enjoy. One that I’ve read more than once is Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. I loved the way that Piercy presented her vision of the future. Perhaps the fact that she’s a female sci fi writer with a female-centered book helped me to relate to it.

I was excited to get my hands on another book of Piercy’s called He, She and It. Truth be told, I couldn’t ever really get into this book although I tried a couple of times. I think some of the reasons that I didn’t enjoy it were:

• I had high expectations. I really liked the first Piercy book that I read so I expected to love this one and didn’t want to just like it or think it was “okay”.
• This one had more history/politics/religion in it. I wasn’t too keen on that for a fiction book. I think that someone who enjoys those things would be more interested in this book than I was.
• The copy I got was a hardback. It was large and cumbersome which didn’t make me all that inclined to stick with it once I discovered that I wasn’t super into it.

So the reasons that I didn’t love it really weren’t strong reasons. I would venture a guess that other people – particularly those with strong sci fi interests – would like it more. You can probably find it at Paperback Swap.

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