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[[Image:Little-2007-FemPhilSF.jpg|thumb|right|125px|Cover of 2007 Prometheus Books edition]]
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'''Feminist Philosophy and Science Fiction: Utopias and Dystopias''' is an antholoogy edited by [[Judith A. Little]].
'''Feminist Philosophy and Science Fiction: Utopias and Dystopias''' is an anthology edited by [[Judith A. Little]].


==Editions==
==Editions==
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==Contents==
==Contents==
'''Part 1: Human Nature and Reality'''
* Preface
* Acknowledgments
* Introduction


'''Part 2: Dystopias: The Worst of All Possible Worlds'''


'''Part 3: Separatist Utopias: Worlds of Difference'''
* '''Part I: Human Nature and Reality'''
** Introduction
** A. What Does It Mean to Be Human?
*** "[[No Woman Born]]" by [[C.L. Moore]]
** B. What Are Women and Men Really Like?
*** "[[Survival Ship]]" by [[Judith Merril]]
*** "[[Abominable]]" by [[Carol Emshwiller]]
*** "Adam Marko's Journal; Male Compensation Theory" from ''[[The Y Chromosome]]'' by [[Leona Gom]]
*** "[[The Elizabeth Complex]]" by [[Karen Joy Fowler]]
** C. How Significant Is the Reproductive Difference?
*** "[[Bloodchild]]" by [[Octavia E. Butler]]
** D. The Concepts of "Woman" and "Nature"
*** "[[Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand]]" by [[Vonda N. McIntyre]]
*** "[[His Vegetable Wife]]" by [[Pat Murphy]]
** E. Why Is Language Important?
*** "[[Speech Sounds]]" by [[Octavia E. Butler]]


'''Part 4: Androgynous Utopias: Worlds of Equality'''


Includes fiction works by Octavia Butler, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Suzy McKee Charnas, Suzette Haden Elgin, Carol Emshwiller, Karen Joy Fowler, Molly Gloss, Leona Gom, Lois Gould, Ursula K. Le Guin, Vonda N. McIntyre, Judith Merrill, C.L. Moore, Pat Murphy, Joanna Russ, Pamela Sargent, James Tiptree Jr. (writing as Racoona Sheldon), Lisa Tuttle, Manuel van Loggem, and John Varley.
* '''Part II: Dystopias and Utopias'''
** Introduction
** A. Dystopias: The Worst of All Possible Worlds
*** ''The Possible Present''
*** "[[For the Sake of Grace]]" by [[Suzette Haden Elgin]]
*** "[[Pairpuppets]]" by [[Manuel von Loggem]]
*** "[[Your Faces, O My Sisters! Your Faces Filled of Light!]]" by [[Alice B. Sheldon]] ("Alice B. Sheldon, whose best-known pseudonym was James Tiptree, Jr., wrote this story as Racoona Sheldon")
*** ''Far in the Future''
*** "[[Wives]]" by [[Lisa Tuttle]]
*** "[[Fears]]" by [[Pamela Sargent]]
*** "Jael's World" from ''[[The Female Man]]'' by [[Joanna Russ]]
** B. Separatist Utopias: Worlds of Difference
*** ''Why Separate?''
*** "Daya Tells a Tale" from ''[[The Furies]]'' by [[Suzy McKee Charnas]]
*** "The Worlds of Jeannine and Joanna" from ''[[The Female Man]]'' by [[Joanna Russ]]
*** ''All-Female Societies and Planets''
*** "Oath of the Free Amazons" from ''[[The Shattered Chain]]'' by [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]
*** "Janet's World" from ''[[The Female Man]]'' by [[Joanna Russ]]
*** "[[When It Changed]]" by [[Joanna Russ]]
** C. Androgynous Utopias: Worlds of Equality
*** "[[X: A Fabulous Child's Story]]" by [[Lois Gould]]
*** "[[Interlocking Pieces]] by [[Molly Gloss]]
*** "[[Options]]" by [[John Varley]]
 
 
* Recommended Readings
* Index


[[Category:Forthcoming publications]]
[[Category:Forthcoming publications]]
[[Category:Anthologies]]
[[Category:Anthologies]]

Latest revision as of 11:26, 8 March 2010

Cover of 2007 Prometheus Books edition

Feminist Philosophy and Science Fiction: Utopias and Dystopias is an anthology edited by Judith A. Little.

Editions

  • 2007: Prometheus Books, 370 pp. ISBN 1591024145; ISBN-13 978-1591024149

Contents

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction




  • Recommended Readings
  • Index
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