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"The Women's Press science fiction series features new titles by contemporary writers and reprints of classic works by well known authors. Our aim is to publish science fiction by women and about women; to present exciting and provocative feminist images of the future that will offer an alternative vision of science and technology, and challenge male domination of the science fiction tradition itself. | : '''Mission''': "The Women's Press science fiction series features new titles by contemporary writers and reprints of classic works by well known authors. Our aim is to publish science fiction by women and about women; to present exciting and provocative feminist images of the future that will offer an alternative vision of science and technology, and challenge male domination of the science fiction tradition itself. | ||
"We hope that the series will encourage more women both to read and write science fiction, and give the traditional science fiction readership a new and stimulating perspective." | : "We hope that the series will encourage more women both to read and write science fiction, and give the traditional science fiction readership a new and stimulating perspective." | ||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
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* [[Suniti Namjoshi]], ''[[The Mothers of Maya Diip]]'' | * [[Suniti Namjoshi]], ''[[The Mothers of Maya Diip]]'' | ||
* [[Monique Wittig]], ''[[Across the Acheron]]'' | * [[Monique Wittig]], ''[[Across the Acheron]]'' | ||
They have published a number of SF works without any indication on the work itself of belonging to the "science fiction series"; e.g., [[Rosaleen Love]]'s collection ''[[Evolution Annie and Other Stories]]''; [[Sandi Hall]]'s ''[[The Godmothers]]'' (labeled on the front, however, "A Science Fiction Novel"); [[Suniti Namjoshi]]'s ''[[The Mothers of Maya Diip]]''. | |||
Others published by the Women's Press that need verification as to whether they were SF series or not: | |||
* [[Candas Jane Dorsey]], ''[[Machine Sex]]'' | |||
* [[Rosaleen Love]], ''[[The Total Devotion Machine]]'' | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* Information taken from Women's Press edition of [[Joanna Russ]]' ''[[The Hidden Side of the Moon]] | * Information taken from Women's Press edition of [[Joanna Russ]]' ''[[The Hidden Side of the Moon]] | ||
* [[Liz Henry]], [http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=871 FSFblog] (2008) | |||
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[[Category:Publishers' series]] | [[Category:Publishers' series]] | ||
Revision as of 10:06, 12 December 2010
The Women's Press science fiction series is a series of titles published by The Women's Press.
- Series Editor: ?
- Series run-dates: ?
Mission / About
- Mission: "The Women's Press science fiction series features new titles by contemporary writers and reprints of classic works by well known authors. Our aim is to publish science fiction by women and about women; to present exciting and provocative feminist images of the future that will offer an alternative vision of science and technology, and challenge male domination of the science fiction tradition itself.
- "We hope that the series will encourage more women both to read and write science fiction, and give the traditional science fiction readership a new and stimulating perspective."
Publications
- Suzette Haden Elgin, Native Tongue
- Suzette Haden Elgin, The Judas Rose
- Margaret Elphinstone, The Incomer
- Carol Emshwiller, Carmen Dog
- Sally Miller Gearhart, The Wanderground
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland
- Jen Green and Sarah Lefanu, eds., Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind
- Jane Palmer, The Planet Dweller
- Jane Palmer, The Watcher
- Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time
- Doris Piserchia, Star Rider
- Joanna Russ, The Adventures of Alyx
- Joanna Russ, The Female Man
- Joanna Russ, Extra(Ordinary) People
- Joanna Russ, The Two of Them
- Joanna Russ, We Who Are About To...
- Joanna Russ, The Hidden Side of the Moon
- Josephine Saxton, Queen of the States
- Josephine Saxton, The Travails of Jane Saint and Other Stories
- Josephine Saxton, Jane Saint and the Backlash: The Consciousness Machine
- Jody Scott, Passing for Human
- Jody Scott, I, Vampire
- Joan Slonczewski, A Door Into Ocean
- Women's Press works that are also SF; need to verify whether published as part of the SF series
- Candas Jane Dorsey, Machine Sex
- Ellen Galford, The Fires of Bride
- Sandi Hall, The Godmothers (labeled on the front "A Science Fiction Novel")
- Rosaleen Love, Evolution Annie and Other Stories
- Suniti Namjoshi, The Mothers of Maya Diip
- Monique Wittig, Across the Acheron
They have published a number of SF works without any indication on the work itself of belonging to the "science fiction series"; e.g., Rosaleen Love's collection Evolution Annie and Other Stories; Sandi Hall's The Godmothers (labeled on the front, however, "A Science Fiction Novel"); Suniti Namjoshi's The Mothers of Maya Diip.
Others published by the Women's Press that need verification as to whether they were SF series or not:
References
- Information taken from Women's Press edition of Joanna Russ' The Hidden Side of the Moon
- Liz Henry, FSFblog (2008)