Gotlieb is a writer central to the Canadian science fiction canon. Though she has been called the queen of Canadian SF by Robert J. Sawyer and though David Ketterer has suggested that she is Canadian SF Gotlieb has been largely overlooked by SF studies. This book delves deeply into her body of work and traces her career in detail. Offering close readings of Gotliebs novels short stories including ones not reprinted since their initial appearances and SFrelated poetry this study explores Gotliebs development as a writer and her characteristic themes. The book also references her manuscripts when the differences between them and the published stories provide insights into her working methods. The book enumerates and analyzes Gotliebs innovative explorations of common SF tropes such as the superhuman humanalien interaction and the galactic empire her prevalent thematic concerns e.g. reproduction colonization the mindbody relationship the essence of humanity as well as her stylistically dense and literary approach to the genre.