Based on one of the most popular SF anthologies of all time, which dispelled the notion that women don science fiction, this volume features storie...
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Dec 26, 2010
Gigill
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This volume of short stories is leftover from my uni days when I had to read many of these short stories for a women in literature class. Five years later, I decided to go through the whole volume. Pamela Sargent gathered around 20 sci-fi short stories from writers from the 1940s to 1970s, including big names like Ursula K. LeGuin and Joanna Russ.
Overall? The experience was just ok, which is pretty good considering I am not sci-fi fan in the slightest. The two-star rating is more a re More...
Overall? The experience was just ok, which is pretty good considering I am not sci-fi fan in the slightest. The two-star rating is more a re More...
Jan 22, 2010
Matthew
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A wonderful introduction to many of the early female contributors to the field of science fiction. I rediscovered some stories that left a great impression on me as a child. (The Funeral, by Kate Wilhelm, makes The Handmaid's Tale look insipid.) Other stories and authors, especially those published in the forties and fifties, were new to me and some, including Margaret St. Clair and Zenna Henderson, I'd like explore further. This is a good gateway book, with a helpful introduction to guide reade
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Jul 27, 2009
Julian
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Easily one of the best anthologies I've ever read. The stories are almost universally engaging and experimental. There is a small handful of authors present more for their historical relevance than for the quality of their writing, but the others more than make up for it. This anthology is feminist without being didactic and opens with a wonderful essay on the history of women writers in the science fiction genre. Standout stories include C.L. Moore's No Woman Born and Zenna Henderson's T
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Jun 29, 2009
Sarah Pi
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This is an excellent anthology. Sargent made wonderful choices, picking stories that are not only by women but about women or issues that affect women in some way. Some of these are famous stories, and some aren't but deserve to be. A couple of the early ones made me check and double check the dates; they seemed too current to be fifty or sixty years old. Most anthologies have their share of skippable stories, but there were only one or two in here that didn't immediately draw me in, and even
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Jul 01, 2009
BunWat
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I really liked this! Its a collection of short stories written by female science fiction writers betwen the 40's and 70's. Even though I read a lot of sf and have a strong interest in female writers, several of these were still new to me. Almost all of them were really strong stories, and I enjoyed Pamela Sargent's introduction and notes too.
Why do I not read more short fiction? I usually like it, and yet somehow I forget to look for anthologies. Thanks for recommending this Sar
Why do I not read more short fiction? I usually like it, and yet somehow I forget to look for anthologies. Thanks for recommending this Sar
Jul 20, 2010
thegift
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some stories read before (Le Guin) some that are not necessarily sf (Henderson), all are fairly interesting. most recent predate my sf adolescence. wish there was more context, though there is a section at the back on the authors. not higher marked because they are all short stories and this format foregrounds ideas over style, typical of sf. an introduction, do not know whether they are truly classic or they just give it that name for age.
Feb 18, 2011
Kae
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Great stories I wish I had been aware of these stories when they were new. read this first in 1996 and have re-read since. Probably will again.
Apr 05, 2007
Chris
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First, its just a great colleciton of sci-fi shorts. Second, it sheds light on one of the most overlooked sections of the sci-fi world - female authors. This book gives a great historical overview that lets readers know that yes, women have been writing sci-fi for as long as the genre's been around, and often beter than their better known male peers.
Dec 17, 2009
Tribefan
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A fun read! I especially liked the history of women in Science Fiction at the beginning!
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