"Daughters of the Distant Dream"

[2002?] Walus, Yvonne Eve. “Daughters of the Distant Dream.” Writers of the Future. First Edition. devised by Pipers’ Ash Limited. www.supamasu.com (Chippenham, Wiltshire, Eng.: Pipers’ Ash), [2002?]), 26-48. Cover says All Our . . . ‘Writers of the Future’ 1^st Lincoln Edition--comprising all our science fiction short stories by: Val Kyrie, Yvonne Eve Walus, Lyn McConchie, Neal Asher, David Murphy, Malcolm Twigg, Tansy Lovage, Teresa Holmes & Science Fiction Writers of New Zealand. Some page numbers in the Table of Contents are wrong. O

Series of stories about women in the future. “The Learning Experience” (31-34) is about a visit to a eutopian (?) world. All subservient positions are filled by robots. All flora and fauna protected (said to be a fad that would last a century or two). High noise level (speech and broadcast) to avoid seeming clandestine. All virtual reality. “Glance at Eden” (36-40) includes gender-role reversal in which men do the physical tasks that are considered less important. Another world advanced in bio-technology, genetic engineering. A character from that planet says, “‘We created everything around here. We also engineered ourselves, rooting out the undesirable characteristics until we achieved total perfection’” (38). “The Vanishing Race” (42-44) depicts a world where people never go outside; “no more inter-human contacts” (43). Aotearoa New Zealand female author.