Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965Partners in Wonder revolutionizes our knowledge of women and early science fiction. Davin finds that at least 203 female authors published over a thousand stories in science fiction magazines between 1926 and 1965. This work explores the distinctly different form of science fiction that females wrote, offers a comprehensive bibliography of these works, and provides biographies of 133 of these women authors. |
Contents
The Genesis of the Mythology | 29 |
Present at the Creation | 53 |
Weird Sisters | 64 |
Female Fandom | 74 |
Women Without Names | 96 |
The Usual Suspects | 127 |
Anecdotes and Antidotes | 154 |
Haven in a Heartless World | 163 |
Ecce Femina | 245 |
Alone Against Tomorrow | 262 |
Across the Great Divide | 276 |
A CounterCulture of Tending and Befriending | 287 |
Into Times Abyss | 301 |
The Persistence of Myth | 312 |
Bibliography of Women Science Fiction Writers 19261965 | 317 |
The Women That Time Forgot | 369 |
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Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965 Eric Leif Davin Limited preview - 2005 |
Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965 Eric Leif Davin Limited preview - 2005 |
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