{"id":312,"date":"2018-11-05T22:22:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T22:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/?p=312"},"modified":"2018-11-05T22:22:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T22:22:19","slug":"book-probe-the-future-is-female-25-classic-sci-fi-stories-by-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/blog\/2018\/book-probe-the-future-is-female-25-classic-sci-fi-stories-by-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Probe: The Future is Female! 25 Classic Sci-Fi Stories By Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book Probe presents things you need to buy, recommended by people who know what you need to buy. Book Probe is Your Friend.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek<\/a><\/h1>\n

You need this book. Right now. I don’t say that about everything I like, but I’m saying it now about this.<\/p>\n

This book contains 25 stories from Hall of Fame-level female SF authors such as Ursula K. Le Guin, James Tiptree Jr., and Marion Zimmer Bradley to people whose names you might be unfamiliar with.<\/p>\n

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Editor Lisa Yaszek includes a terrific foreword that talks about the history of women in science fiction. The TL;DR of it is that women were foundational to the beginning of the genre and to its rise.<\/p>\n

Editor Lisa Yaszek<\/a> was not messing around when she put together this collection. Although many of the stories are decades old, I discovered at least seven authors that I have never encountered before. You will, too.<\/p>\n

More Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s an interview with Ms. Yaszek about the book. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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