"Nequa" is one of the earliest feminist science fiction books published in the US. It is the story of a trip to a world inside the earth where both sexes are equal after women have ended the war and called for freedom from the domination of laws made only by men. An exciting read with a gripping storyline and unexpected twists.
Nequa; or, The Problem of the Ages has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
A science fiction, hollow earth, feminist utopian novel. This edition provides additional information about the authors, their friends and the reasons for writing and publishing NEQUA. Contains additional new material to substantiate it's Populist origins. It is the story of a woman named Cassie, masquerading as a man. She/he is part of a ship's crew which while in the Arctic, slip into the center of the earth, where the Altrurians have developed a co-operative society in contrast to the competitive societies on the outside of the earth. Eventually she exposes her secret and flys one of the aeroplanes out of the center of the earth to deliver a manuscript detailing this story. It was first published in Topeka, Kansas, in 1900. Extremely rare, first editions are owned by a dozen libraries in the United States. Two are in private collections.
Describes a world where both sexes are equal after women put an end to war and demand freedom from domination of man-made law, in this terra cava tale.
A short study of modern utopian American literature that shows how books were produced, distributed, and consumed in the US during the late nineteenth century, and the ways in which utopian novels written at this time reflected these processes in their imagined futures.