Deconstructing the Starships

Deconstructing the Starships gathers Gwyneth Jones's critical essays, speeches, and reviews from 1987 to 1997 into a rigorous and readable examination of science fiction through feminist and literary-theoretical lenses. Jones interrogates genre conventions, power dynamics between men and women in SF narratives, and the relationship between science fiction and contemporary literary theory. Science Fiction Studies called her 'one of the most reflective and readable SF critics working today,' and the Pilgrim Award — the SFRA's highest critical honor — followed in 2008. The honest caveats are real: this is academic work aimed squarely at scholars and serious genre readers, the essays predate contemporary SF entirely, and some SF texts analyzed contain mature themes. Not for general readers or children. For SF scholars and serious genre fans, it remains a landmark critical collection.