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Life

The Philip K. Dick Award

Life

Gwyneth Ann Jones

A science fiction novel centered on a woman scientist and a genetic discovery, layering gender, research culture, and social change.

science fictiongendergenetics

Work Information

Life follows its characters through choices and change, guided by the central idea suggested by the award title.

Life is a work by Gwyneth Jones. Available sources make it possible to trace the work through prize records and related publication data. This description presents the central conflict or argument for readers.

Review Summaries

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Book Information

Publisher
Aqueduct Pr
Published
2004-10-30
Pages
370 pages
Language
英語
Size
15.24 x 2.54 x 22.23 cm
ISBN-13
9780974655925
ISBN-10
0974655929
Price
6660 JPY
Category
洋書/Science Fiction & Fantasy/Science Fiction

A richly textured fictional biography of the brilliant Anna Sen oz, a scientist who makes a momentous discovery about the X and Y chromosomes. Her discovery provokes widespread sexual rage and impacts cruelly on her career, her marriage, and her child. Ultimately, Anna faces a challenge that the practice of science alone cannot meet. Original.

Reviews

  • SF present only in homeopathic quantities

    the rest of the subject matter not really my cup of tea.

  • Not Science Fiction

    This isn't Science Fiction, this is Gender Studies Fiction, or something like that. I don't mean to disparage that subject matter...if that's what you're into, then you'll probably enjoy this book...but I was expecting Sci-Fi more in line with the other books in this series, and this was definitely not that.

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