Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology

Ann VanderMeer, Eleanor Arnason, Kelly Barnhill, Octavia E. Butler, Leonora Carrington, Angela Carter, L. Timmel Duchamp, Carol Emshwiller, Angélica Gorodischer, Kelley Eskridge, Hiromi Goto, Eileen Gunn, Nalo Hopkinson, Leena Krohn, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tanith Lee, Rose Lemberg, Pat Murphy, Nnedi Okorafor, Susan Palwick, Kit Reed, Anne Richter, Joanna Russ, Pamela Sargent, Vandana Singh, Rachel Swirsky, Karin Tidbeck, James Tiptree Jr., Catherynne M. Valente, Jeff VanderMeer, Élisabeth Vonaburg


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Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology by Ann VanderMeer, Eleanor Arnason, Kelly Barnhill, Octavia E. Butler, Leonora Carrington, Angela Carter, L. Timmel Duchamp, Carol Emshwiller, Angélica Gorodischer, Kelley Eskridge, Hiromi Goto, Eileen Gunn, Nalo Hopkinson, Leena Krohn, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tanith Lee, Rose Lemberg, Pat Murphy, Nnedi Okorafor, Susan Palwick, Kit Reed, Anne Richter, Joanna Russ, Pamela Sargent, Vandana Singh, Rachel Swirsky, Karin Tidbeck, James Tiptree Jr., Catherynne M. Valente, Jeff VanderMeer, Élisabeth Vonaburg
Sisters of the Revolution gathers a highly curated selection of feminist speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror and more) chosen by one of the most respected editorial teams in speculative literature today, the award-winning Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. Including stories from the 1970s to the present day, the collection seeks to expand the conversation about feminism while engaging the reader in a wealth of imaginative ideas. Sisters of the Revolution seeks to expand the ideas of both contemporary fiction and feminism to new fronts.
Contents:
The forbidden words of Margaret A. / L. Timmel Duchamp --
My flannel knickers / Leonora Carrington --
The mothers of Shark Island / Kit Reed --
The palm tree bandit / Nnedi Okorafor --
The grammarian's five daughters / Eleanor Arnason --
And Salome danced / Kelley Eskridge --
The perfect married woman / Angélica Gorodischer --
The glass bottle trick / Nalo Hopkinson --
Their mother's tears : the fourth letter / Leena Krohn --
The screwfly solution / James Tiptree, Jr. --
Seven losses of na Re / Rose Lemberg --
The evening and the morning and the night / Octavia E. Butler --
The sleep of plants / Anne Richter --
The men who live in trees / Kelly Barnhill --
Tales from the breast / Hiromi Goto --
The Fall River axe murders / Angela Carter --
Love and sex among the invertebrates / Pat Murphy --
When it changed / Joanna Russ --
The woman who thought she was a planet / Vandana Singh --
Gestella / Susan Palwick --
Boys / Carol Emshwiller --
Stable strategies for middle management / Eileen Gunn --
Northern chess / Tanith Lee --
Aunts / Karin Tidbeck --
Sur / Ursula K. Le Guin --
Fears / Pamela Sargent --
Detours on the way to nothing / Rachel Swirsky --
Thirteen ways of looking at space/time / Catherynne M. Valente --
Home by the sea / Elisabeth Vonaburg.

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