Judith Merril

Women have long held a pivotal role in science fiction, shaping the genre with their innovative storytelling. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is widely accepted as the first science fiction novel ever written. From the very beginning many of science fiction, fantasy, and horror's best, most influential writers have been female. Collected here in this captivating, five hundred page anthology are nineteen stories from visionary women of the golden age. Included are: Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh BrackettRobots of the World Arise by Mari WolfI'll Kill You Tomorrow by Helen HuberThe Tree of Life by C. L. MooreThe Monkey Spoons by Mary Elizabeth CounselmanThe Lost Gods by Dorothy QuickEach Man Kills by Victoria GladWay Station by Mary Elizabeth CounselmanMop-Head by Leah Bodine DrakeExile from Space by Judith MerrilContagion by Katherine MacLEANPiety by Margaret St. ClairBride of the Dark One by Florence Verbell BrownShatter the Wall by Sydney Van ScyocThe Ignoble Savages by Evelyn E. SmithGrove of the Unborn by Lyn VenableNo Pets Allowed by M. A. CummingsThe Putnam Tradition by Sonya DormanStar Hunter by Andre Norton

Women have long held a pivotal role in science fiction, shaping the genre with their innovative storytelling. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is widely accepted as the first science fiction novel ever written. From the very beginning many of science fiction, fantasy, and horror's best, most influential writers have been female. Collected here in this captivating, five hundred page anthology are nineteen stories from visionary women of the golden age. Included are: Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh BrackettRobots of the World Arise by Mari WolfI'll Kill You Tomorrow by Helen HuberThe Tree of Life by C. L. MooreThe Monkey Spoons by Mary Elizabeth CounselmanThe Lost Gods by Dorothy QuickEach Man Kills by Victoria GladWay Station by Mary Elizabeth CounselmanMop-Head by Leah Bodine DrakeExile from Space by Judith MerrilContagion by Katherine MacLEANPiety by Margaret St. ClairBride of the Dark One by Florence Verbell BrownShatter the Wall by Sydney Van ScyocThe Ignoble Savages by Evelyn E. SmithGrove of the Unborn by Lyn VenableNo Pets Allowed by M. A. CummingsThe Putnam Tradition by Sonya DormanStar Hunter by Andre Norton

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