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wrote that it was "detailed and wide-ranging, frequently incisive, and always entertaining". In her writing, LeFanu argued that science fiction had provided a means for women writers to overcome the
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of conventional fiction, and thereby to speak in their own voices.
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In the Chinks of the World Machine: Feminism and Science Fiction
199:. In Nicholls, Peter; John Clute; Graham Sleight (eds.). 72:(born 6 August 1953) is a Scottish author and academic. 354: 59: 30: 23: 101:Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind 144:, published in 2003. In 2020, LeFanu published 374: 8: 84:, Scotland. She worked as an editor for the 223: 221: 381: 367: 20: 349:This Scottish biographical article is a 279:"'Chattery, chittery... lean as a rake'" 16:Scottish academic and author (born 1953) 179: 187: 185: 183: 7: 330: 328: 305:Montefiore, Jan (20 November 2020). 80:Sarah Antoinette LeFanu was born in 201:The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 160:in South Africa in 1900 during the 353:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 14: 228:Hollinger, Veronica (July 1989). 339: 333: 148:, a biographical volume about 140:She also wrote a biography of 1: 311:The Times Literary Supplement 251:Cranny-Francis, Anne (1990). 167:The Times Literary Supplement 103:, and in 1988 she published 307:"Oh, what an unlovely war!" 99:She edited the 1985 volume 92:and science fiction at the 451: 327: 415:Science fiction academics 123:Reviewing the volume for 425:Scottish women academics 88:, and taught classes on 234:Science Fiction Studies 146:Something of Themselves 135:patriarchal conventions 126:Science Fiction Studies 70:Sarah Antoinette LeFanu 35:Sarah Antoinette LeFanu 430:Scottish women writers 400:Scottish people stubs 420:Scottish biographers 63:Author and academic 435:Women anthologists 150:Arthur Conan Doyle 131:Veronica Hollinger 109:Suzy McKee Charnas 362: 361: 195:(13 April 2020). 121:James Tiptree Jr. 113:Ursula K. Le Guin 67: 66: 442: 383: 376: 369: 345: 344: 343: 337: 329: 322: 321: 319: 317: 302: 296: 295: 293: 291: 277:(14 June 2003). 271: 265: 264: 248: 242: 241: 225: 216: 215: 213: 211: 189: 48: 44: 42: 21: 450: 449: 445: 444: 443: 441: 440: 439: 390: 389: 388: 387: 338: 332: 326: 325: 315: 313: 304: 303: 299: 289: 287: 273: 272: 268: 257:Utopian Studies 250: 249: 245: 227: 226: 219: 209: 207: 197:"LeFanu, Sarah" 191: 190: 181: 176: 158:Rudyard Kipling 94:City Lit Centre 78: 55: 49: 46: 40: 38: 37: 36: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 448: 446: 438: 437: 432: 427: 422: 417: 412: 407: 402: 392: 391: 386: 385: 378: 371: 363: 360: 359: 346: 324: 323: 297: 266: 243: 217: 178: 177: 175: 172: 77: 74: 65: 64: 61: 57: 56: 50: 45:August 6, 1953 34: 32: 28: 27: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 447: 436: 433: 431: 428: 426: 423: 421: 418: 416: 413: 411: 410:Living people 408: 406: 403: 401: 398: 397: 395: 384: 379: 377: 372: 370: 365: 364: 358: 356: 352: 347: 342: 336: 331: 312: 308: 301: 298: 286: 285: 280: 276: 275:Lee, Hermione 270: 267: 263:(1): 143–146. 262: 258: 254: 247: 244: 240:(2): 223–227. 239: 235: 231: 224: 222: 218: 206: 202: 198: 194: 188: 186: 184: 180: 173: 171: 169: 168: 163: 159: 155: 154:Mary Kingsley 151: 147: 143: 142:Rose Macaulay 138: 136: 132: 128: 127: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 97: 95: 91: 87: 86:Women's Press 83: 75: 73: 71: 62: 60:Occupation(s) 58: 53: 47:(age 71) 33: 29: 22: 19: 355:expanding it 348: 314:. Retrieved 310: 300: 288:. Retrieved 284:The Guardian 282: 269: 260: 256: 246: 237: 233: 208:. Retrieved 200: 165: 145: 139: 124: 104: 100: 98: 79: 69: 68: 25:Sarah LeFanu 18: 405:1953 births 193:Clute, John 117:Joanna Russ 96:in London. 394:Categories 174:References 54:, Scotland 41:1953-08-06 316:9 January 290:9 January 210:3 January 76:Biography 205:Gollancz 162:Boer War 90:feminism 82:Aberdeen 52:Aberdeen 156:, and 119:, and 351:stub 318:2021 292:2021 212:2021 31:Born 396:: 309:. 281:. 259:. 255:. 238:16 236:. 232:. 220:^ 203:. 182:^ 170:. 152:, 129:, 115:, 111:, 43:) 382:e 375:t 368:v 357:. 320:. 294:. 261:1 214:. 39:(

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Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Women's Press
feminism
City Lit Centre
Suzy McKee Charnas
Ursula K. Le Guin
Joanna Russ
James Tiptree Jr.
Science Fiction Studies
Veronica Hollinger
patriarchal conventions
Rose Macaulay
Arthur Conan Doyle
Mary Kingsley
Rudyard Kipling
Boer War
The Times Literary Supplement



Clute, John
"LeFanu, Sarah"
Gollancz


"Review: Feminist Science Fiction: Construction and Deconstruction"
"Reviewed Work(s): Feminism and Science Fiction by Sarah Lefanu"
Lee, Hermione
"'Chattery, chittery... lean as a rake'"

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