Scholarly Analysis of the Sentients of Orion

The Sentients of Orion series has been the subject of scholarly interrogation on several occasions. Click the images to link to the essays and books.

Aliaga-Lavrijsen, J. Pregnancy, Childbirth and Nursing in Feminist Dystopia: Marianne de Pierres’s Transformation Space (2010). Humanities 20209, 58.

Boshoff, Dorothea, ‘Becoming Alien(ated): A case study examining intimacy and loneliness in selected works by Marianne de Pierres.’ (upcoming 2020)

Boshoff, Dorothea and Deidre Byrne. ‘He Said, She Said:
#Fake News and #MeToo in Marianne de Pierres’ Sentients of Orion.’ Messenger from the Stars Journal: On Science Fiction and Fantasy. No. 4 (2019): 88- 102. Guest Eds.: Danièle André & Cristophe Becker.

Boshoff, Dorothea. ‘Crafting Positions: Representations of Intimacy and Gender in The Sentients of Orion.’ PhD. University of South Africa, 2017

Transformation Space Reviewed

This review came from S J Higbee’s website Brainfluff:

Transformation Space is the last book in this sweeping space opera by de Pierres, so clearly if you haven’t read the previous three books you need to go back to the start of the series and track down Dark Space. However, if you’ve been waiting for this final instalment, the question has to be – does she deliver on the previous excellent storylines that have propelled this series to such admiring attention?

Read the rest of the review here.