Women Destroy Science Fiction!: Lightspeed Magazine Special Issue; The Stories

Contributor(s): Yant, Christie (Author), Yant, Christie (Editor), McGuire, Seanan (Contribution by), Jemisin, N K (Contribution by), Anders, Charlie Jane (Contribution by), Due, Tananarive (Contribution by), Headley, Maria Dahvana (Contribution by), Others (Contribution by), Various Narrators (Read by), Campbell, Cassandra (Read by), De Cuir, Cassandra (Read by), de Cuir, Gabrielle (Read by), Ellison, Harlan (Read by), Gardner, Grover (Read by), Grant, Jamye (Read by), Hanfield, Susan (Read by), Howard, Jonathan L (Read by), Nelson, John Allen (Read by), Turpin, Bahni (Read by), Rudnicki, Stefan (Read by), Underwood, Molly (Read by), Young, Judy (Read by)

ISBN: 9781504665339

Publisher: Skyboat Media

$35.95

Pub Date: November 18, 2015

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Unabridged

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) pages

BISAC Categories:

Fiction | Science Fiction | Hard Science Fiction | Action and Adventure

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description:

Guest-edited by longtime Lightspeed assistant editor Christie Yant, Women Destroy Science Fiction! contains eleven original science fiction short stories, four short-story reprints, a novella reprint, and for the first time ever, an array of flash fiction stories.

This special issue includes

Original science fiction by Seanan McGuire, N. K. Jemisin, Charlie Jane Anders, Maria Dahvana Headley, Amal El-Mohtar, Kris Millering, Heather Clitheroe, Rhonda Eikamp, Gabriella Stalker, Elizabeth Porter Birdsall, and K. C. Norton;Reprints by Alice Sheldon (a.k.a. James Tiptree Jr.), Eleanor Arnason, Maria Romasco Moore, Tananarive Due, and Maureen F. McHugh; andOriginal flash fiction by Carrie Vaughn, Ellen Denham, Samantha Murray, Holly Schofield, Cathy Humble, Emily Fox, Tina Connolly, Effie Seiberg, Marina J. Lostetter, Rhiannon Rasmussen, Sarah Pinsker, Kim Winternheimer, Anaid Perez, Katherine Crighton, and Vanessa Torline.

Brief description:

Charlie Jane Anders is the author of science fiction, young adult fantasy, mysteries, and more. Her works have been named a finalist for the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, and Arthur C. Clarke Award. Her TED Talk, "Go Ahead, Dream about the Future" got 700,000 views in its first week. With Annalee Newitz, she co-hosts the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct.

Review Quotes:

"The reigning king of the anthology world."

-- "Barnes&Noble.com, praise for John Joseph Adams"

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