feminist science fiction--from Victorian India

[dancingwriter]

This morning, thanks to a discussion on the Steampunk Empire website, I discovered a treasure: a short story called "Sultana's Dream" by an Indian writer named Rokheya Shekhawat Hossein. All I know about her is that she lived from 1880 to 1932 and that, according to the Celebration of Women Writers site (where the story appears) "Sultana's Dream

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[ajodasso]

How fascinating! Thanks for the link :)

[dancingwriter]

My pleasure!

[bheansidhe]

Amazing! I'll check this out.

Did you ever read Egalia's Daughters? It was hilarious. Deft enough not to be too heavy-handed.

[dancingwriter]

I've not read it--yet! Thanks for the recommendation!

[reikimaster]

what's your icon say: "my parasol is my ?"

[dancingwriter]

"weapon of choice"

Oh, for legible fonts on icons!

[merriehaskell]

Wow, I'm intrigued! I think I'll add that to the Anthology Builder database and see if I can't build an anthology around it.

[dancingwriter]

You must have received my psychic wave or something, because after I read it I was thinking how much I'd love to read a whole collection of stories like that! I will have to keep my eye more closely on Anthology Builder. :-)

[dancingwriter]

Not at all--spread the word!