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The Future Is Female! Volume Two, The 1970s: More Classic Science Fiction Storie s By Women: A Library of America Special Publication

by Lisa Yaszek (Editor)

Other authors: Eleanor Arnason (Contributor), Elinor Busby (Contributor), CJ Cherryh (Contributor), M. Lucie Chin (Contributor), Miriam Allen DeFord (Contributor)17 more, Cynthia Felice (Contributor), Sonya Dorman Hess (Contributor), Ursula K Le Guin (Contributor), Vonda N McIntyre (Contributor), Gayle N. Netzer (Contributor), Doris Piserchia (Contributor), Marta Randall (Contributor), Joanna Russ (Contributor), Pamela Sargent (Contributor), Kathleen M. Sidney (Contributor), Kathleen Sky (Contributor), James Tiptree Jr (Contributor), Lisa Tuttle (Contributor), Joan D Vinge (Contributor), Kate Wilhelm (Contributor), Connie Willis (Contributor), Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Contributor)

Series: The Future Is Female! (2), Library of America Special Anthologies (25)

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"In the 1970s, feminist authors created a new mode of science fiction in defiance of the "baboon patriarchy"--Ursula K. Le Guin's words--that had long dominated the genre, imagining futures that are still visionary. In this sequel to her groundbreaking 2018 anthology The Future is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin, SF-expert Lisa Yaszek opens a time portal to the decade when women changed science fiction forever with stories that made female community, agency, and sexuality central to the American future. These twenty-three wild, witty, and wonderful classics dramatize the liberating energies of the 1970s: separatist female utopias by Joanna Russ and Sonya Dorman Hess furiously upend the sexual politics of their day; near-future dystopias from Lisa Tuttle and C. J. Cherryh imagine world-destroying alliances of science and patriarchy; nuanced space operas by Kathleen Sky and Joan D. Vinge give center stage to women and alien-gendered characters; and chilling tales by Eleanor Arnason and James Tiptree, Jr., confront the gendered assumptions of worlds both real and imagined. Other writers celebrate the diversity of women with mind-expanding stories about future females at every stage of life: from Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's self-reliant mutant girl heroine to Le Guin's septuagenarian revolutionary leader; from Connie Willis's teen who stops the universe with her first period to Kathleen Sky's menopausal alien seeking sainthood; and from Cynthia Felice's working scientist-mother to Miriam Allen deFord's tentacle-sex-loving politician."--Provided by publisher.… (more)
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I received an advance copy via NetGalley.

The second volume in The Future is Female! series focused on the 1970s, presenting 23 science fictions stories written by women. Though I had read several of the authors and recognized many, I don't believe I have read any of these specific stories before. The breadth of topics is fascinating, ranging from alien worlds to earthly apocalypses to travels through deep space. Many thoughtfully examine gender roles, and indeed, the role of being a human or an alien being.

Some of my favorites included :Frog Pond" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbo, "The Day Before the Revolution" by Ursula K. Le Guin, and the very creepy "The Screwfly Solution" by Raccoona Sheldon. Other stories struck me as almost incomprehensibly weird and not to my liking, but I still found them fascinating and I appreciated their bold spirit. It's a solid anthology overall. ( )
  ladycato | Oct 8, 2022 |
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Yaszek, LisaEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Arnason, EleanorContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Busby, ElinorContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cherryh, CJContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chin, M. LucieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
DeFord, Miriam AllenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Felice, CynthiaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hess, Sonya DormanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Le Guin, Ursula KContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McIntyre, Vonda NContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Netzer, Gayle N.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Piserchia, DorisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Randall, MartaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Russ, JoannaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sargent, PamelaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sidney, Kathleen M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sky, KathleenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tiptree Jr, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tuttle, LisaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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"In the 1970s, feminist authors created a new mode of science fiction in defiance of the "baboon patriarchy"--Ursula K. Le Guin's words--that had long dominated the genre, imagining futures that are still visionary. In this sequel to her groundbreaking 2018 anthology The Future is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin, SF-expert Lisa Yaszek opens a time portal to the decade when women changed science fiction forever with stories that made female community, agency, and sexuality central to the American future. These twenty-three wild, witty, and wonderful classics dramatize the liberating energies of the 1970s: separatist female utopias by Joanna Russ and Sonya Dorman Hess furiously upend the sexual politics of their day; near-future dystopias from Lisa Tuttle and C. J. Cherryh imagine world-destroying alliances of science and patriarchy; nuanced space operas by Kathleen Sky and Joan D. Vinge give center stage to women and alien-gendered characters; and chilling tales by Eleanor Arnason and James Tiptree, Jr., confront the gendered assumptions of worlds both real and imagined. Other writers celebrate the diversity of women with mind-expanding stories about future females at every stage of life: from Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's self-reliant mutant girl heroine to Le Guin's septuagenarian revolutionary leader; from Connie Willis's teen who stops the universe with her first period to Kathleen Sky's menopausal alien seeking sainthood; and from Cynthia Felice's working scientist-mother to Miriam Allen deFord's tentacle-sex-loving politician."--Provided by publisher.

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Contents:
  • Sonya Dorman, “Bitching It” (1971)
  • Kate Wilhelm, “The Funeral” (1972)
  • Joanna Russ, “When It Changed” (1972) NEBULA AWARD
  • Miriam Allen deFord, “A Way Out”(1973)
  • Vonda N. McIntyre,  “Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand” (1973) NEBULA
  • James Tiptree, Jr., “The Girl Who Was Plugged In” (1973) HUGO AWARD
  • Kathleen Sky, “Lament of the Keeku Bird” (1973)
  • Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Day Before the Revolution” (1974) NEBULA & LOCUS AWARD
  • Eleanor Arnason, “The Warlord of Saturn’s Moons” (1974)
    Kathleen M. Sidney, “The Anthropologist” (1975)
  • Marta Randall, “A Scarab in the City of Time” (1975)
  • Elinor Busby, “A Time to Kill” (1977)
  • Raccoona Sheldon, “The Screwfly Solution” (1977) NEBULA AWARD
  • Pamela Sargent, “If Ever I Should Leave You” (1974)
  • Joan D. Vinge, “View from a Height” (1978)
  • M. Lucie Chin, “The Best Is Yet to Be” (1978)
  • Lisa Tuttle, “Wives” (1979)
  • Connie Willis, “Daisy, In the Sun” (1979)
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