Notes on 'Phoenix Café' (1997) by Gwyneth Jones (b. 1952)
Gwyneth Jones is one of the leading voices in 1980s feminist science fiction. Phoenix Café is the final work in Jones’ The Aleutian Trilogy (1991-97). Similar to Octavia E. Butler, Jones employs the trope of an alien invasion to investigate issues of gender, hybridity and gender fluidity.