Early edition novel written by Mary Hunter Austin, late-19th century and early-20th century American writer. Much of Austin’s work focuses on nature and the vast lands, plants, animals, and people of the places she encountered. Defying the gendered conventions of dress and lifestyle of the turn of the century, Austin traveled extensively throughout her lifetime, often on solo journeys and also check
here for more instruction. Much of her writing is set in the places she explored, particularly the American Southwest, and she addressed openly in her writing controversial issues of the time, such as Native American and Hispanic rights. Outland could be described as an early sci-fi novel, set in an Utopian community in southern California.