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This collection will make your brain buzz.After each story I had to pause and give myself time to reflect and absorb what I had just read. Each story packs a gut-punch of a premise. The reader will experience thought provoking ideas and concepts, some of which might be hard to swallow, but ALL are worthy of reading and attention. Do yourself a favor, buy this book, read it, and enjoy some of the most powerful short stories to date.
A fine, creepy SF-esque collection about women, their bodies, and different kinds of birth.
This collection contains four short stories that, as one can expect from our best writing duo in Australia, absolutely blow the reader away. I don't think I've come across a bit of their writing yet that hasn't been perfect - haunting, leaving an impact, horror-filled and yet still somehow beautiful... this has it all. Hannett and Slatter have it all, and I can't wait to see and love everything they do in the future.VoxA couple, Kate and Nick, go to a fertility clinic - though it has a few diffe...
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bitter and cynical - I'm getting a little tired of reading about how horrible the future is going to be for women. And with great angst about declines in fertility, and what happens for those who are fertile, etc. And yet, a very good collection. The first story is chilling and horrible - left me quite unhappy and disturbed, and what happens when obsessions start ruling our lives. The second and third stories fit inside that genre of Australian fantasy by people who don't seem to like Australia,...
The Female Factory is filled with lyrical language, beautifully disturbing images and memorable characters. It is a standout collection among the most import series of genre books being published today.
The Female Factory is the eleventh book in the Twelve Planets series from Twelfth Planet Press, this collection authored by frequent co-authors Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter. The Female Factory collects four short works which are unrelated in terms of plot but very much related in terms of theme.Vox opens the collection, and is a truly chilling story. Kate, our protagonist, is somewhat obsessed with lending inanimate objects life (I particularly liked her talking to the last two Tic Tacs in...
This review forms part of my contribution to the Australian Women Writers 2014 Reading Challenge. All my 2014 AWWC reviews can be found here.The Female Factory by Angela Slatter and Lisa L Hannett is the 11th book in the Twelve Planets series by Twelfth Planet Press. The series aims to showcase Australian women writing speculative fiction and has produced some stellar, award winning work over the last 3 years.Hannett and Slatter have collaborated before, most notably in the collection Midnight a...
Yes it took me a while to read this one. I read "Vox" and "Baggage" and then had to have a metaphorical lie down for a week, to catch my breath, then read the last two stories.Seriously. These two ladies. THEY DO THINGS TO MY BRAIN.The no-spoilers version is: this collection is about being a woman, and children, and social expectations, and identity. Now go read it. No, seriously.Spoiler-filled version:(view spoiler)["Vox" is incredibly chilling, probably the most of the four stories, and on two...
Another fine addition to the excellent Twelve Planets series from TPP. This collection features four pieces of short fiction all of which are somewhat disturbing looks at parenting in the past and the future.
Strong writing with my order of enjoyment - Vox (hands down), Female Factory, Baggage (these two are kind of tied), then, All the Other Revivals.
Fascinating and entertaining, bizarre and grotesque, this is a great collection of four speculative fiction short stories from two Australian authors. Touching on topics that some may find challenging, this book explores aspects of body horror and dark fantasy from a very female perspective.A slightly longer review (500 words) is available here: https://uncertaintales.wordpress.com/...
**I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.**I chose to spend my Saturday night pouring through this little book of wonders and was not disappointed. Although they all seem to have staying power, “The Female Factory” really stuck with me the most. POSSIBLE SPOILER: (view spoiler)[ I found myself torn between rooting for the children and being horror stricken at the thought of what all that entailed for them. (hide spoiler)]All in all, great horror short story collection.
