Woman on the Edge of Time

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…"