Women of Wonder. Science-Fiction Stories by Women about Women

Women are writing many of the things male sf writers thought could never be written; they are making us examine tenets and shibboleths we thought were immutable. The mightily thewed warrior trip is one of these. People like Ursula Le Guin, Joanna Russ, Kate Wilhelm ... are making that seem hideously ridiculous' - Harlan Ellison In Women of Wonder, Pamela Sargent has assembled a collection of amazing stories which show that some of the most exciting and innovative writing in science fiction is being produced by women. CONTENTS Women in Science Fiction by Pamela Sargent The Child Dreams / Sonya Dorman (poem) 1. That Only a Mother (1948) / Judith Merril 2. Contagion (1950) / Katherine MacLean 3. The Wind People (1959) / Marion Zimmer Bradley 4. The Ship Who Sang (1961) / Anne McCaffrey 5. When I Was Miss Dow (1966) / Sonya Dorman 6. The Food Farm (1967) / Kit Reed 7. Baby, You Were Great (1967) / Kate Wilhelm 8. Sex &/or Mr. Morrison (1967) / Carol Emshwiller 9. Vaster Than Empires & More Slow (1971) / Ursula K. Le Guin 10. False Dawn (1972) / Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 11. Nobody's Home (1972) / Joanna Russ 12. Of Mist, & Grass, & Sand (1973) / Vonda N. McIntyre * Edited with an introduction and notes by Pamela Sargent First published in 1975 by Vintage Books Cover illustration by Candy Amsden