Geek Feminist Revolution (Paperback)

from lycomayflower

Oh, how I wanted to like this more than I did. This collection of many of Hurley's blog posts (plus a few essays written specifically for this volume) deals with science fiction, fantasy, fandom, being a woman in 21st century America, and being a female SF fan in 21st century America. And some of...

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The Geek Feminist Revolution is a collection of essays by science fiction and fantasy author Kameron Hurley, who's written a continually growing number of novels (hint, readGod's War!) and the Hugo Award winning essay “We Have Always Fought.” While the topic of the collection is nominally the int...

from EllsbethB

I really loved the beginning and the end of this book (the intro and the Hugo winning essay). The blog posts in the middle were a bit hit and miss for me. I think this was mostly due to the tone and style. However, all the entries touched on good topics worthy of discussion and I found myself wan...

from sanyamakadi

I must have just picked this up because I was intrigued by the title and the llama on the front, because I didn't realize until I got into it that it was about feminism within the scifi community. But as I am a scifi/fantasy fan this was fine. The essays were very well written, and reinforced soc...

from jen.e.moore

I'm generally a pretty even-keeled person, sometimes to a fault. I tend to let things slide a lot longer than I should. When I need to remember what anger is good for, how to direct it appropriately and what to do with it, I read Kameron Hurley. Even when I don't always agree with her, she's pass...