Partners in Wonder
Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965 by Eric Leif Davin.
Description: Partners 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.
Publications
- Lexington Books (2005), ISBN 0739112678, ISBN-13 978-0739112670
Contents
- Bibliographic Tables - p.xi
- Acknowledgments - p.xiii
- Introduction: Science Fiction and the Contested Terrain of Popular Culture - p.1
- Part One - Presumption of Prejudice. Science Fiction's Contested Terrain, 1926-1949
- 1 - The Genesis of the Mythology - p.29
- 2 - Present at the Creation - p.53
- 3 - Weird Sisters - p.64
- 4 - Female Fandom - p.74
- 5 - Women Without Names - p.96
- 6 - The Usual Suspects - p.127
- 7 - Anecdotes and Antidotes - p.154
- 8 - Haven in a Heartless World - p.163
- 9 - Ebony and Ivory - p.192
- 10 - Femalien Empathy - p.212
- 11 - Feminist Futures - p.225
- 12 - History and Mythistory - p.239
- Part Two - The Crest of the First Wave. Science Fiction's Female Counter-Culture, 1950-1960
- 13 - Ecce Femina - p.245
- 14 - Alone Against Tomorrow - p.262
- 15 - Across the Great Divide - p.276
- 16 - A Counter-Culture of Tending and Befriending - p.287
- Part Three - Hidden from History. The Ebbing of First Wave Women's Science Fiction, 1961-1965
- 17 - Into Time's Abyss - p.301
- 18 - The Persistence of Myth - p.312
- Appendix I: Bibliography of Women Science Fiction Writers, 1926-1965 - p.317
- Appendix II: The Women That Time Forgot, 1926-1960 - p.369
- Some Online Resources - p.417
- Index - p.419
- About the Author - p.431