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Women Worldwalkers: New Dimensions of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Jane B. Weedman

First published 1985
Publisher Texas Tech Press
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Pages 250
Price $50.00
ISBN 0896721337

Artist not credited.
No printing statement on book.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
5 Preface uncredited Essay
9 Woman: The Other Alien in Alien Rebecca Bell-Metereau Essay
25 Responsibilities and Temptations of Women Science Fiction Writers Marion Zimmer Bradley Essay
43 Women and Technology in Science Fiction: An Uneasy Alliance Valerie Broege Essay
59 Earth Mothers or Male Memories: Wilhelm, Lem, and Future Women Patrice Caldwell Essay
71 The Classical Humanism of Philip K. Dick Peder Christiansen Essay
83 Types of Feminist Fantasy and Science Fiction Kathleen Cioffi Essay
95 Orders of Chaos: The Science Fiction of Joanna Russ Samuel R. Delany Essay
125 Christa Reinig's Emasculation: Male Chauvinism as Science Fiction Esther N. Elstun Essay
139 "A Good Game to Play": Brian Aldiss and the Mother of Science Fiction David Leon Higdon Essay
153 Wife/Mother, Sorceress/Keeper, Amazon/Renunciate: Status Ambivalence and Conflicting Roles on the Planet Darkover Barbara Hornum Essay
165 The Evolving Consciousness of Feminine Identity in Doris Lessing's The Memoirs of a Survivor and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass Sandra Lott Essay
181 Women of Dune: Frank Herbert as Social Reactionary? Miriam Youngerman Miller Essay
193 The Brass Brassiere: Sexual Dimorphism in Science Fiction Illustration Marilyn R. Mumford Essay
207 Worlds of Words and Swords: Suzette Haden Elgin and Joanna Russ at Work Thelma J. Shinn Essay
223 "Great Country for Men and Dogs, but Tough on Women and Mules": Sex and Status in Recent Science Fiction Utopias Lynn F. Williams Essay
237 Gender Roles in the Darkover Novels of Marion Zimmer Bradley Diane S. Wood Essay