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Future
Females
A Critical Anthology
Edited by Marleen S. Barr
Popular Press
"A justification for paying serious attention to science fiction may by now be necessary only for other literary critics and scholars. Still, the question of why a book addressing itself to science fiction has to be faced briefly." This comment, the opening statement of Darko Suvins' recent book, is of concern to Professor Barr, editor of this volume, since Future Females is addressing itself to women in science fiction. Metaphorically speaking, if the mere mention of the genre causes a ruffling of academic feathers, then, relating to women is analogous to placing all those simply ruffled feathers in front of a wind machine.
Everyone will not welcome a volume where science fiction is viewed in terms of women, but Professor Barr felt such a volume is needed. As Roger Schlobin's bibliography indicates, women are certainly contributing continuously to the science fiction field. This collection of essays illuminates some of this fiction.
Marleen S. Barr first thought of editing a critical anthology about women and science fiction when she chaired a panel on the subject at the 1978 Popular Culture Association Conference. Three of the essays in this book were presented at that session. She is also the editor of The Diary of Deborah Norris Logan.
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LC: 81-080215 PS
200 pp. 6 x 9
ISBN-13: 978-0-87972-174-9
Cloth $17.95 t
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