I admit: I’ve been intrigued by Rosel George Brown since I discovered her existence earlier in this project. Primarily, I’m intrigued because I had never heard of her and yet, she was nominated for Best New Writer in 1958. So…
Author: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Car Pool by Rosel George Brown
Rosel George Brown’s “Car Pool” first appeared in If in 1959. I read the story as a reprint in Earthblood & Other Stories, edited by Eric Flint. The story is set in the future, with aliens. A woman carpools (air…
Tin Soldier by Joan Vinge
Somehow I have missed out on reading Joan Vinge’s short work. Tonight, I read “Tin Soldier,” reprinted in More Women of Wonder, edited by Pamela Sargent. The story wowed me. Pam’s introduction mentions that the story is based on the…
Angela Carter
This isn’t so much a post on Angela Carter as a note to self. In addition to the reading I’m doing for this project, I’m reading a nonfiction book called How To Be A Heroine: Or What I’ve Learned From…
First Woman Nominated for Best Novel Hugo?
Not Ursula K. Le Guin, as I had always heard, but Marion Zimmer Bradley in 1963. Best Novel Winner: The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick [Putnam, 1962] Runners-up: Sword of Aldones by Marion Zimmer Bradley [Ace, 1961]…
Best New Author of 1958
I started this project because I thought I knew a lot about women in science fiction. So much has been forgotten from my generation of writers which is something I want to redress. I also knew about the generations ahead of…