What lies beneath the brave new world of feminist dystopian sci-fi?
(The Guardian Books News)

From the Bailey-prize-winning The Power to the bleakly compelling The Handmaid´s Tale, Leading writers explain why the genre is thrivingOn an Earth blasted by the hot winds of a changed climate 200 years from now, who will be in charge? Will men be riding by in Mad Max steam-punk chariots, as their beleaguered wives drag children and sacks of provisions home along dusty tracks? Or will a liberated generation of Lycra-clad superwomen be running the world?Much of the established political order has come under exceptional scrutiny, from the future of Europe to Trump´s America. Now a matching literary revolution is under way: a new breed of women´s `speculative` fiction, positing altered sexual and social hierarchies, is riding the radical tide. Related: Dystopian dreams: how feminist science fiction predicted the future Continue reading...