TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I DORIS LESSING -- AN OPENING IN THE WALL -- STORYTELLING IN LESSING'SMARA AND DANN AND OTHER TEXTS -- THE EXEGESIS OF DORIS LESSING'STHE CLEFT -- II OTHER AMERICAN AND ENGLISH FICTION -- THE HAND THAT CRADLES THE ROCK -- FAYWELDON'S THE CLONING OF JOANNA MAYAS A FEMINIST DYSTOPIAN BURLESQUE -- POWER, SURVEILLANCE AND REPRODUCTIVETECHNOLOGY IN P.D. JAMES'THE CHILDREN OF MEN -- INCLUSION AND EXCLUSIONIN SOME FEMINIST UTOPIAN FICTIONS -- GENDERED TRAVEL AND QUIESCENCEIN TONIMORRISON'S PARADISE -- III MARGARET ATWOOD -- BREAKING THE CIRCLE OF DYSTOPIA -- LAYERS OF TIME -- SCREENMEMORIES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX.