The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women
Author: | Alex Dally MacFarlane |
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Robinson, 2014 Running Press, 2014 |
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Book Type: | Anthology |
Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
Women have always written powerful, important science fiction stories. This anthology showcases the most exceptional stories written by women in recent decades, from classic stars Ursula K. Le Guin and James Tiptree Jr, science fiction greats Nancy Kress, Lois McMaster Bujold and Karen Joy Fowler, new award-winning talents Elizabeth Bear and Aliette de Bodard and many more! Whether crossing the stars or constructing the future of our planet, women's contributions to science fiction are unforgettable.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - (2014) - essay by Alex Dally MacFarlane
- A Short Encyclopedia of Lunar Seas - (2008) - short story by Ekaterina Sedia
- Astrophilia - (2012) - novelette by Carrie Vaughn
- Boojum - (2008) - short story by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
- Concerning the Unchecked Growth of Cities - (2014) - shortfiction by Angélica Gorodischer
- Dancing in the Shadow of the Once - (2014) - shortfiction by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
- Down the Wall - (2006) - short story by Greer Gilman
- Ej-Es - (2003) - short story by Nancy Kress
- Enyo-Enyo - (2013) - short story by Kameron Hurley
- Excerpt from a Letter by a Social-Realist Aswang - (2007) - short story by Kristin Mandigma
- Girl Hours - (2014) - shortfiction by Sofia Samatar
- Good Boy - (2008) - novelette by Nisi Shawl
- Immersion - (2012) - short story by Aliette de Bodard
- Invisible Planets - (2010) - short story by Hao Jingfang
- Mountain Ways - (1996) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
- On the Leitmotif of the Trickster Constellation in Northern Hemispheric Star Charts, Post-Apocalypse - (2013) - shortfiction by Nicole Kornher-Stace
- Semiramis - (2011) - short story by Genevieve Valentine
- Sing - (2013) - short story by Karin Tidbeck
- Somadeva: A Sky River Sutra - (2010) - short story by Vandana Singh
- Spider the Artist - (2008) - short story by Nnedi Okorafor
- Stay Thy Flight - (1998) - short story by Élisabeth Vonarburg (variant of ...Stay Thy Flight 1992)
- Tan-Tan and Dry Bone - (1999) - short story by Nalo Hopkinson
- The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees - (2011) - short story by E. Lily Yu
- The Death of Sugar Daddy - (2009) - shortfiction by Toiya Kristen Finley
- The Eleven Holy Numbers of the Mechanical Soul - (2014) - short story by Natalia Theodoridou
- The Four Generations of Chang E - (2010) - shortfiction by Zen Cho
- The Other Graces - (2010) - short story by Alice Sola Kim
- The Queen of Erewhon - (1999) - novelette by Lucy Sussex
- The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew - (2009) - short story by Catherynne M. Valente
- The Science of Herself - (2013) - short story by Karen Joy Fowler
- The Second Card of the Major Arcana - (2012) - short story by Thoraiya Dyer
- Tomorrow is Saint Valentine's Day - (2010) - shortfiction by Tori Truslow
- Valentines - (2009) - short story by Shira Lipkin
- Vector - (2013) - short story by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
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