Women have always been in science fiction, ever since Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, but far too many of them have been forgotten or at least underappreciated. In this episode of Rite Gud, we are joined by Stephen Mazur, former Assistant Editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, to talk about the women of sci-fi’s pulp era.
Books and Magazines Read or Consulted
Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965 by Eric Leif Davin
Storyteller by Kate Wilhelm
Women of Wonder, edited by Pamela Sargent
Women of Futures Past, edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Dream Makers: The Uncommon People Who Write Science Fiction by Charles Platt
Dream Makers Volume II by Charles Platt
F&SF September 2001, Special Kate Wilhelm Issue
Castle of the Otter by Gene Wolfe
Locus Magazine June 1998
Locus November 2002
Locus March 2003
The Citadel of Fear by Francis Stevens
The Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction, 3rd Series
Star Songs of an Old Primate by James Tiptree, Jr.
Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
Again, Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
Women of Vision: Essays by women writing science fiction, edited by Denise Du Pont
Imaro by Charles Saunders
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora edited by Sheree R. Thomas
The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the beginning to 1950, by Mike Ashley
Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950-1970, by Mike Ashley
The Futurians, by Damon Knight
The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Publishers, Their Editors and Authors by Al Silverman
Lightspeed Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue June 2014
Lightspeed Queers Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue June 2015
Lightspeed People of Color Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue June 2016
The Age of Ruin by John M. Faucette
The Best of C. L. Moore edited by Lester del Rey
Further Reading
The Best of Leigh Brackett edited by Edmond Hamilton
Black No More by George Schuyler
More Women of Wonder edited by Pamela Sargent
The New Women of Wonder edited Pamela Sargent
Women of Wonder: The Classic Years edited by Pamela Sargent
Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years edited by Pamela Sargent
The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction by Justine Larbalestier
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips
We Who Are About To by Joanna Russ
Dark Matter: Reading the Bones edited by Sheree R. Thomas
Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: 1852-1923edited by Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger
Weird Women: Volume 2: 1840-1925: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers edited by Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction edited by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson
The Yellow Peril: Chinese Americans in American Fiction, 1850-1940 by William F. Wu
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