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Cover of Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue

Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue

June 2014

Editor Christie Yant
Cover art Galen Dara
Publisher Lightspeed Magazine
Pages 489

  • This listing is for a trade paper book publication of the June 2014 ebook Lightspeed Magazine issue #49.
  • On title page is "Limited Edition", "Issue 49", "June 2014", and "Guest Edited by Christie Yant". The Table of Contents lists a "Limited Edition Bonus Story", They Tell Me There Will Be No Pain by Rachel Acks.
  • "First edition: June 2014" and ISBN on copyright page.
  • Christie Yant is credited as the "Guest Editor" and "Original Short Stories" editor. Rachel Swirsky is credited as the "Reprint Editor", Wendy N. Wagner as the "Nonfiction/Managing Editor", Robyn Lupo as the "Flash Fiction Editor", Gabrielle de Cuir as the "Podcast Producer", and Jude Griffin as "Author Spotlights" editor.
  • There is no price on the book.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
1 Essay Non Fiction Editorial: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Christie Yant & Rachel Swirsky & Wendy N. Wagner & Robyn Lupo & Gabrielle de Cuir
6 Short Fiction Fiction Each to Each Seanan McGuire
23 Short Fiction Fiction A Word Shaped Like Bones Kris Millering
33 Short Fiction Fiction Cuts Both Ways Heather Clitheroe
50 Short Fiction Fiction Walking Awake N. K. Jemisin
64 Short Fiction Fiction The Case of the Passionless Bees Rhonda Eikamp
76 Short Fiction Fiction In the Image of Man Gabriella Stalker
92 Short Fiction Fiction The Unfathomable Sisterhood of Ick Charlie Jane Anders
107 Short Fiction Fiction Dim Sun Maria Dahvana Headley
119 Short Fiction Fiction The Lonely Sea in the Sky Amal El-Mohtar
130 Short Fiction Fiction A Burglary, Addressed by a Young Lady Elizabeth Porter Birdsall
139 Short Fiction Fiction Canth K. C. Norton
151 Short Fiction Fiction Like Daughter Tananarive Due
162 Short Fiction Fiction The Great Loneliness Maria Romasco Moore
174 Short Fiction Fiction Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death James Tiptree, Jr.
190 Short Fiction Fiction Knapsack Poems Eleanor Arnason
206 Short Fiction Fiction The Cost to Be Wise Maureen F. McHugh
249 Short Fiction Fiction Salvage Carrie Vaughn
255 Short Fiction Fiction A Guide to Grief Emily Fox
257 Short Fiction Fiction See DANGEROUS EARTH-POSSIBLES! Tina Connolly
260 Short Fiction Fiction A Debt Repaid Marina J. Lostetter
263 Short Fiction Fiction The Sewell Home for the Temporally Displaced Sarah Pinsker
266 Short Fiction Fiction #TrainFightTuesday Vanessa Torline
272 Short Fiction Fiction The Hymn of Ordeal, No. 23 Rhiannon Rasmussen
276 Short Fiction Fiction Emoticon Anaid Perez
277 Short Fiction Fiction The Mouths Ellen Denham
280 Short Fiction Fiction M1A Kim Winternheimer
283 Short Fiction Fiction Standard Deviant Holly Schofield
287 Short Fiction Fiction Getting on in Years Cathy Humble
292 Short Fiction Fiction Ro-Sham-Bot Effie Seiberg
294 Short Fiction Fiction Everything That Has Already Been Said Samantha Murray
297 Short Fiction Fiction The Lies We Tell Our Children Katherine Crighton
300 Short Fiction Fiction Artemis Awakening (excerpt) Jane Lindskold
311 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: Seanan McGuire Sandra Odell & Seanan McGuire
313 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: Kris Millering Lee Hallison & Kris Millering
315 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: Heather Clitheroe Lee Hallison & Heather Clitheroe
319 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: N. K. Jemisin Laurel Amberdine & N. K. Jemisin
322 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: Rhonda Eikamp Sandra Odell & Rhonda Eikamp
325 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: Gabriella Stalker Lee Hallison & Gabriella Stalker
327 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: Charlie Jane Anders Sandra Odell & Charlie Jane Anders
329 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: Maria Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed, June 2014) Jude Griffin & Maria Dahvana Headley
333 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: Amal El-Mohtar Jude Griffin & Amal El-Mohtar
336 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: Elizabeth Porter Birdsall Laurel Amberdine & Elizabeth Porter Birdsall
339 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: K. C. Norton Laurel Amberdine & K. C. Norton
341 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: Tananarive Due (Lightspeed, June 2014) Jude Griffin & Tananarive Due
343 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: Maria Romasco Moore Jude Griffin & Maria Romasco-Moore
345 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: Eleanor Arnason (Lightspeed, June 2014) Jude Griffin & Eleanor Arnason
347 Interview Non Fiction Author Spotlight: Maureen McHugh Jude Griffin & Maureen F. McHugh
349 Essay Non Fiction Artists Spotlight Galen Dara
350 Interview Non Fiction Artists Spotlight: Li Grabenstetter Galen Dara & Lisa Grabenstetter
353 Interview Non Fiction Artists Spotlight: Elizabeth Leggett Galen Dara & Elizabeth Leggett
356 Interview Non Fiction Artists Spotlight: Christine Mitzuk Galen Dara & Christine Mitzuk
359 Interview Non Fiction Artists Spotlight: Hillary Pearlman Galen Dara & Hillary Pearlman
362 Essay Non Fiction Illusion, Expectation, and World Domination Through Bake Sales Pat Murphy
368 Interview Non Fiction Women Remember: A Roundtable Interview Mary Robinette Kowal & Ursula K. Le Guin & Pat Cadigan & Ellen Datlow & Nancy Kress
377 Interview Non Fiction Feature Interview: Kelly Sue DeConnick Jennifer Willis & Kelly Sue DeConnick
386 Essay Non Fiction "The Status Quo Cannot Hold": A Few Words from Women Who Wrote/Are Writing the Goddamn Book on Destroying Science Fiction Tracie Welser
391 Essay Non Fiction How to Engineer a Self-Rescuing Princess Stina Leicht
395 Essay Non Fiction Screaming Together: Making Women's Voices Heard Nisi Shawl
401 Essay Non Fiction We Are the Fifty Percent Rachel Swirsky
403 Essay Non Fiction Science Fiction: You're Doin' It Wrong Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
405 Essay Non Fiction Join Us in the Future Marissa Lingen
407 Essay Non Fiction Are We There Yet? Sheila Finch
409 Essay Non Fiction Not a Spaceship, Robot, or Zombie in Sight Anne Charnock
411 Essay Non Fiction Writing Among the Beginning of Women Amy Sterling Casil
413 Essay Non Fiction Toward a Better Future Nancy Jane Moore
415 Essay Non Fiction We Are the Army of Women Destroying SF Sandra Wickham
417 Essay Non Fiction Read SF and You've Got a Posse Gail Marsella
419 Essay Non Fiction Stomp All Over That O. J. Cade
421 Essay Non Fiction For the Trailblazers Kristi Charish
423 Essay Non Fiction Women Are the Future of Science Fiction Juliette Wade
425 Essay Non Fiction We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative Kameron Hurley
433 Essay Non Fiction Writing Stories, Wrinkling Time Kat Howard
435 Essay Non Fiction Where Are My SF Books? DeAnna Knippling
437 Essay Non Fiction Reading the Library Alphabetically Liz Argall
440 Essay Non Fiction Stepping Through a Portal Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
442 Essay Non Fiction The Wendybird Stina Leicht
444 Essay Non Fiction I Wanted to Be the First Woman on the Moon Sylvia Spruck Wrigley
446 Essay Non Fiction Never Think of Yourself as Less Helena Bell
448 Essay Non Fiction An ABC of Kickass, or A Partial Exorcism of My TBR/TBRA* Pile Jude Griffin
451 Essay Non Fiction Stocking Stuffers Anaea Lay
453 Essay Non Fiction Breaching the Gap Brooke Bolander
455 Essay Non Fiction Women Who Are More Than Strong Georgina Kamsika
456 Essay Non Fiction A Science-Fictional Woman Cheryl Morgan
458 Essay Non Fiction Your Future Is Out of Date Pat Murphy
461 Essay Non Fiction Stray Outside the Lines E. Catherine Tobler
463 Essay Non Fiction My Love Can Destroy Seanan McGuire
480 Short Fiction Fiction They Tell Me There Will Be No Pain Rachael Acks

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Lightspeed, June 2014 Christie Yant
Cover Art Non Fiction Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue Galen Dara
6 Interior Art Non Fiction Each to Each Lisa Grabenstetter
23 Interior Art Non Fiction A Word Shaped Like Bones Lisa Grabenstetter
33 Interior Art Non Fiction Cuts Both Ways Elizabeth Leggett
50 Interior Art Non Fiction Walking Awake Hillary Pearlman
64 Interior Art Non Fiction The Case of the Passionless Bees Christine Mitzuk
151 Interior Art Non Fiction Like Daughter Elizabeth Leggett
174 Interior Art Non Fiction Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death Lisa Grabenstetter
249 Interior Art Non Fiction Salvage Elizabeth Leggett
350 Interior Art Non Fiction Artist Gallery (Lightspeed, June 2014) Li Grabenstetter
353 Interior Art Non Fiction Artist Gallery (Lightspeed, June 2014) Elizabeth Leggett
356 Interior Art Non Fiction Artist Gallery (Lightspeed, June 2014) Christine Mitzuk
359 Interior Art Non Fiction Artist Gallery (Lightspeed, June 2014) Hillary Pearlman