Stories Worthy of Respect in a Democratic Society: The Novelization of TERF Island

A review of Simon Edge's fiction

Simon Edge began commenting on ‘gender identity’ in 2021 with The End of the World is Flat. Published in June 2023, his newest novel In the Beginning recycles the same characters with a new lead, expanding his theme with a new story, borrowing truths stranger than fiction to write uncanny speculation about the present.

Publishing has been an especially h…