The Science Of Herself

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Well known in the mainstream for her bestseller, The Jane Austen Book Club (Putnam, 2004), Karen Joy Fowler has taken a new turn with this collection of short stories. The Science of Herself is at once perceptive, entertaining, thought-provoking and often hilarious, and each story is told with a progressive and feminist edge. Also featured is PM Press's Outspoken Interview, in which Fowler gets personal, discussing what kind of car she drives, what she watches on TV and what it's like to hit the Times bestseller list.

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"No contemporary writer creates characters more appealing, or examines them with greater acuity and forgiveness, than she does."
--Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

"Fowler's witty writing is a joy to read."
--USA Today

"An astonishing narrative voice, at once lyric and ironic, satiric and nostalgic... Fowler can tell stories that engage and enchant."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"Fowler manages to re-create both life's extraordinary and its ordinary magic."
--New York Times Book Review

"Unforgettable... incandescent... bewitching."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review

Author Bio

Karen Joy Fowler is a well-respected science fiction and fantasy author who has written three story collections and six novels, including the New York Times bestseller, The Jane Austen Book Club. She is a two-time winner of the Nebula and World Fantasy awards, and the cofounder of the Tiptree Award, given for works dealing with the politics of sex and gender. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.