Woman on the Edge of Time

Woman on the Edge of Time

First edition
Author	Marge Piercy
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction, utopian
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf
Publication date	1976
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	369
ISBN	0-394-49986-7
OCLC	2020128
Dewey Decimal	813/.5/4
LC Class	PZ4.P618 Wo PS3566.I4

Woman on the Edge of Time is a 1976 feminist science fiction novel by American writer Marge Piercy. The novel was originally published by Alfred A. Knopf. Piercy draws on several inspirations to write this novel such as utopian studies, technoscience, socialization, and female fantasies. One of Piercy's main inspirations for her utopian novels is Plato's Republic. Piercy describes the novel as, "if only…"^[1]