Daughters of Earth

by Larbalestier, Justine

• ISBN13: 9780819566768
• ISBN10: 0819566764
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-22
• Publisher: UPNE

Summary

Women's contributions to science fiction over the past century have been lasting and important, but critical work in the field has only just begun to explore its full range. Justine Larbalestier has collected 11 key stories--many of them not easily found, and all of them powerful and provocative--and sets them alongside 11 new essays, written by top scholars and critics, that explore the stories' contexts, meanings, and theoretical implications. The resulting dialogue is one of enormous significance to critical scholarship in science fiction, and to understanding the role of feminism in its development. Organized chronologically, this anthology creates a new canon of feminist science fiction and examines the theory that addresses it. Daughters of Earth is an ideal overview for students and general readers.

Author Biography

Justine Larbalestier is the author of The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction (2002) and the young adult novel Magic or Madness (2005), and an honorary associate in the School of English, Art History, Film and Media at the University of Sydney. She makes extended visits to New York City.

Table of Contents

Editor's Acknowledgments	ix
Contributors' Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
``The Fate of the Poseidonia,'' Clare Winger Harris, 1927	1	(35)
Illicit Reproduction: Clare Winger Harris's ``The Fate of the Poseidonia,''
Jane Donawerth
``The Conquest of Gola,'' Leslie F. Stone, 1931	36	(31)
The Conquest of Gernsback: Leslie F. Stone and the Subversion of Science Fiction Tropes
Brian Attebery
``Created He Them,'' Alice Eleanor Jones, 1955	67	(30)
From Ladies' Home Journal to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: 1950s SF, the Offbeat Romance Story, and the Case of Alice Eleanor Jones
Lisa Yaszek
``No Light in the Window,'' Kate Wilhelm, 1963	97	(33)
Cold War Masculinity In the Early Work of Kate Wilhelm
Josh Lukin
``The Heat Death of the Universe,'' Pamela Zoline, 1967	130	(30)
A Space of Her Own: Pamela Zoline's ``The Heat Death of the Universe,''
Mary E. Papke
``And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill Side,'' James Tiptree Jr., 1972	160	(30)
(Re)reading James Tiptree Jr.'s ``And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill Side,''
Wendy Pearson
``Wives,'' Lisa Tuttle, 1976	190	(27)
The Universal Wife: Exploring 1970s Feminism with Lisa Tuttle's ``Wives,''
Cathy Hawkins
``Rachel in Love,'' Pat Murphy, 1987	217	(48)
Simians, Cyborgs, and Women in ``Rachel in Love,''
Joan Haran
``The Evening and the Morning and the Night,'' Octavia E. Butler, 1987	265	(40)
Octavia Butler---Praise Song to a Prophetic Artist
Andrea Hairston
``Balinese Dancer,'' Gwyneth Jones, 1997	305	(35)
``Prefutural Tension'': Gwyneth Jones's Gradual Apocalypse
Veronica Hollinger
``What I Didn't See,'' Karen Joy Fowler, 2002	340	(41)
Something Rich and Strange: Karen Joy Fowler's ``What I Didn't See,''
L. Timmel Duchamp
Works Consulted	381	(14)
Contributors	395