Review: Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction

Posted February 24, 2017

External Article: Amazing Stories

Lisa Yaszek, professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Commuincation, had her new book, Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction, reviewed in “Review: Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction” by Amazing Stories.

Excerpt:

Sisters of Tomorrow makes it clear that not only have women been trying harder for at least forever, and particularly for the past century, they’ve actually accomplished quite a bit that we are not at all properly familiar with.

To put a fine point on it: reading this book will force you to confront your unconscious biases head on. The first several pages of the introduction might be more appropriately titled You Had No Idea as it relentlessly catalogs the enormous accomplishments of what it describes as at least a “16th of the sf community”:

For the full article, read here.