Book review: The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Read this for The Infinite Loop book project.
Cracking time travel novel where there are “edit wars” of the timeline by opposing groups, with the bulk of the edits being related to abortion and women’s rights and autonomy in general. Anthony Comstock is the villain of the piece (as is right and proper–he was a complete wanker in the current timeline). Tess, the protagonist, is both compelling and complicated. She is surrounded by an ensemble cast of friends who work with her to try to ensure women’s bodily autonomy along the timeline, all the while supporting one another, even amidst loss, danger, and fear. Like many time travel novels, this one skips around to different times and places, including the Chicago World’s Fair (1893) and the 1990s music scene in Irvine, CA.
Strongly recommended.
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