A friend just sent me this link on a site called The Best Sci Fi Books. In theory, the 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors. I’m sure we can all quibble with the list, but I’m thrilled to…
Month: July 2015
The Last Flight of Doctor Ain by James Tiptree, Jr.
I’ve read a handful of Tiptree—mostly the required classics (as judged by others)—but I haven’t read the bulk of her work. I know I’m going to include a Tiptree. I’m just not sure which one. So I’m getting completist and…
“Rachel in Love” by Pat Murphy
In addition to reading new, I’m rereading some old favorites to see if they line up with what I want to do with the anthology. I read Pat Murphy’s “Rachel in Love” when it first appeared in Asimov’s in 1987. When…
“Fire Watch” by Connie Willis
The story I’d like most to include of Connie Willis’s is “Fire Watch,” which she initially published in 1982. It’s clear she wrote it before the Berlin Wall fell. It’s also rather disconcerting to see that a whole bunch of…
“Footnote to ‘Shambleau’…and Others” by C.L. Moore
This delightful essay appears as an afterword in The Best of C.L. Moore, edited by Lester del Rey. Moore describes her writing process. She also tells the tale of writing “Shambleau.” Most interesting to me is the way she describes writing,…
Mid-July Thoughts
I’m getting deep into this project, and as I explore my options, I find myself growing frustrated. Frustrated at the stories lost and not reprinted anywhere that I can find. Frustrated at the amount of excellent material, most of which…
“Even the Queen,” by Connie Willis
I’ll be honest: “Even the Queen” is not my favorite Connie Willis story, but it is an important Connie Willis story, written (according to Connie’s afterword in The Best of Connie Willis) because she was told at a feminist sf convention she doesn’t…
“At The Rialto,” by Connie Willis
I decided as I got into this process that I would definitely have work by certain authors. In my opinion, you can’t discuss science fiction, let alone women in science fiction, without dealing with its most popular authors. Sometimes that…
Update
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, not because I stopped working on the project, but because I had to finish some other projects that left no time for website work. I’m slowly compiling more information here, and making…