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NEQUA or The Problem of the Ages
''NEQUA or The Problem of the Ages'', according to Reginald's Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature 1700–1974,〔Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature 1700–1974, Reginald, Robert, Gale Research Co. 1979, ISBN 0810310511〕 is one of the first feminist science fiction books published in the United States. It was first serialized in the newspaper ''Equity''. Two editions were published in Topeka Kansas in 1900. The title page lists Jack Adams 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Authors : Adams, Jack : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia )〕 as the author. Jack Adams is a pseudonym.
== Plot ==
In the body of the work it is revealed that Jack Adams is actually a woman (Cassie ) dressing in men’s clothing, who has spent several years searching for her betrothed on various ocean voyages. She is so successful in her masquerade as a male that she actually works for the ship captains. The voyage described in Nequa is to the Arctic, where the ship becomes trapped in the ice. After several harrowing adventures the ship is freed and then proceeds to sail north. The Captain of the ship, Rafael Ganoa ( Cassie’s betrothed) is amazed to find that when they reach a certain spot, which should be close to the north pole, the compasses show that the ship is suddenly traveling south.
Actually they have sailed into the inside of the earth, where they meet the Altrurians, a society which has developed into a more cooperative society than those on the outside of the earth. Individual members of the Altrurian Society describe how the evolution of Altrurian society took place. These explanations reflect Populist thought of the time with definite feminist proclivities, providing the tone of a political novel.
Jack Adams exposes his/her secret and is chastised by her betrothed Captain Ganoe as having broken several conventions that exist among the outer earth society. Jack Adams/Cassie Van Ness now called Nequa (the teacher) takes a manuscript that she has written about this voyage and leaves in one of the new aeroplanes for the outside world to have the manuscript you have been reading, published.
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