Women of the Future: The Female Main Character in Science Fiction

by Betty King

Following a chapter offering a historical perspective of women characters in science fiction, beginning with the 1818 publication of Frankenstein , King provides reading lists and annotations of a variety of science fiction series, novellas and novels.

295 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Kara]

Did not finish.

I either had to stop reading, or don a sackcloth, dump ashes on my head, and parade through the streets weeping and wailing and lamenting the ills done to my gender.

So, because I did not feel like scrubbing ash out of my hair, I stopped reading.

[Maruse Rino · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very useful reference for discovering older sci-fi stories that feature interesting female characters, both major and minor.

[Snail in Danger (Sid) Nicolaides · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly useful as a source for people who are doing research on female characters in SF, or trying to find a particular story from before 1984. Not comprehensive, as it tacitly acknowledges, and somewhat shallow in its approach. But with potential narrow usefulness.