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A WOMAN'S LIBERATION: A Choice of Futures by and about Women
by Connie Willis and Sheila Williams (editors)
Warner Aspect, 8/2001
ISBN:0-446-67742-6
FUTURE PERFECT
A WOMAN'S LIBERATION is a powerful collection of stories by acclaimed bestselling
female writers who have changed the nature of visionary fiction. Originally published in Asimov's
and Analog magazines, these classic stories have garnered numerous literary awards and span
every style and theme in speculative fiction.
From centuries of repression to private moments
of triumph, from a plague of silence to an era that curses menstruation, these stirring tales explore the complexities of imagination and the boundless scope of the human experience...
FEMININE INTUITIONS-WORLDS WITHIN AND WITHOUT
"A Woman's Liberation" by Ursula K. Le Guin: In the apocalyptic
far future, the hopes of a people are reemerging-but so are the evils of
the past.
"Speech Sounds" by Octavia E. Butler: When language has been
lost, symbols have no significance, and concepts have no meaning,
frustration leads to the most primitive of communication...violence.
"The Ship Who Mourned" by Anne McCaffrey: A classic chapter in
the story of Helva-whose body is a starship, whose soul is a
woman's...and whose grief is real.
"Rachel in Love" by Pat Murphy: She may be the product of a unique
experiment and the center of a media storm, but no matter what
anybody thinks, Rachel is only a girl.
"The Kidnapping of Baroness 5" by Katherine MacLean: After
civilization collapses, a poor, hardworking geneticist learns to
survive...by becoming an all-powerful witch.
"Inertia" by Nancy Kress (read the complete story here on Lunacat.net)
"Even The Queen" by Connie Willis
"Fool's Errand" by Sarah Zettel
"Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" by Vonda N. McIntyre
"The July Award" by S.N. Dyer
Award-winning tales of worlds of wonder and terror by
some of the most acclaimed women speculative fiction authors of our
time. A WOMAN'S LIBERATION
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