Future Is Female!: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Wom en, From Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin

Space-opera heroines, gender-bending aliens, post-apocalyptic pregnancies, changeling children, interplanetary battles of the sexes, and much more: a groundbreaking new collection of classic American science fiction by women from the 1920s to the 1960sSpace-opera heroines, gender-bending aliens, post-apocalyptic pregnancies, changeling children, interplanetary battles of the sexes, and much more: a groundbreaking new collection of classic American science fiction by women from the 1920s to the 1960sSF-expert Lisa Yaszek presents the biggest and best survey of the female tradition in American science fiction ever published, a thrilling collection of twenty-five classic tales. From Pulp Era pioneers to New Wave experimentalists, here are over two dozen brilliant writers ripe for discovery and rediscovery, including Leslie F. Stone, Judith Merril, Leigh Brackett, Kit Reed, Joanna Russ, James Tiptree Jr., and Ursula K. Le Guin. Imagining strange worlds and unexpected futures, looking into and beyond new technologies and scientific discoveries, in utopian fantasies and tales of cosmic horror, these women created and shaped speculative fiction as surely as their male counterparts. Their provocative, mind-blowing stories combine to form a thrilling multidimensional voyage of literary-feminist exploration and recovery.CONTENTSIntroduction by LISA YASZEKCLARE WINGER HARRISThe Miracle of the Lily (1928)LESLIE F. STONEThe Conquest of Gola (1931)C. L. MOOREThe Black God’s Kiss (1934)LESLIE PERRISpace Episode (1941)JUDITH MERRILThat Only a Mother (1948)WILMAR H. SHIRASIn Hiding (1948)KATHERINE MACLEANContagion (1950)MARGARET ST. CLAIRThe Inhabited Men (1951)ZENNA HENDERSONArarat (1952)ANDREW NORTHAll Cats Are Gray (1953)ALICE ELEANOR JONESCreated He Them (1955)MILDRED CLINGERMANMr. Sakrison’s Halt (1956)LEIGH BRACKETTAll the Colors of the Rainbow (1957)CAROL EMSHWILLERPelt (1958)ROSEL GEORGE BROWNCar Pool (1959)ELISABETH MANN BORGESEFor Sale, Reasonable (1959)DORIS PITKIN BUCKBirth of a Gardner (1961)ALICE GLASERThe Tunnel Ahead (1961)KIT REEDThe New You (1962)JOHN JAY WELLS & MARION ZIMMER BRADLEYAnother Rib (1963)SONYA DORMANWhen I Was Miss Dow (1966)KATE WILHELMBaby, You Were Great (1967)JOANNA RUSSThe Barbarian (1968)JAMES TIPTREE JR.The Last Flight of Dr. Ain (1969)URSULA K. LE GUINNine Lives (1969)