Description: This proto-science fiction novel-by one of the first female authors to write under her own name-is set in a utopian world. The Blazing-World is parallel to the Earth we know, entered via a passage at the North Pole. The story tells of the invasion of our world led by the empress of the Blazing-World, a refugee from our own.
Brief description: Margaret Cavendish was a groundbreaking English writer, philosopher, scientist, and aristocrat best known as one of the earliest women to publish extensively under her own name. A pioneering voice in 17th-century literature, Cavendish authored works spanning science fiction, natural philosophy, poetry, drama, and feminist thought. She is especially celebrated for The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World (The Blazing World), a visionary work often considered one of the first science fiction novels and an early example of utopian literature.