by Lisa Yaszek
First published 2022
Lisa Yaszek presents twenty-three science fiction stories that transformed the genre during the 1970s. Feminist authors challenged the male-dominated field that Ursula Le Guin called the "baboon patriarchy." These writers imagined futures centered on female community, agency, and sexuality. The collection includes award-winning works like James Tiptree Jr.'s "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" and Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Day Before the Revolution." Stories span diverse settings from post-apocalyptic California to dystopian convents to extraterrestrial colonies. Authors like Joanna Russ, Vonda McIntyre, and Connie Willis created tales that made women central to American science fiction's future. This sequel to Yaszek's 2018 anthology captures the liberating spirit of a decade when far-sighted rebels forever changed speculative fiction with wild, witty classics.
Genres: short-stories, science-fiction, feminist-theory
Vibes: emotional, liberating, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, rebels
Setting: California, Extraterrestrial Colonies
Period: 1970s
450 pages · Hardcover · Library of America