Lexington Books
Pages: 406
Trim: 6½ x 9
978-0-7391-1267-0 • Paperback • December 2005 • $70.99 • (£55.00)
978-0-7391-5868-5 • eBook • December 2005 • $67.00 • (£52.00)
Eric Leif Davin is Lecturer in the Department of History at University of Pittsburgh.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Science Fiction and the Contested Terrain of Popular Culture
Chapter 3
Chapter One - Presumption of Prejudice: Science Fiction's Contested Terrain, 1926-1949
Chapter 4 The Genesis of the Mythology
Chapter 5 Present at the Creation
Chapter 6 Weird Sisters
Chapter 7 Female Fandom
Chapter 8 Women Without Names
Chapter 9 The Usual Suspects
Chapter 10 Anecdotes and Antidotes
Chapter 11 Haven in a Heartless World
Chapter 12 Ebony and Ivory
Chapter 13 Femalien Empathy
Chapter 14 Feminist Futures
Chapter 15 History and Mythistory
Chapter 16
Chapter Two - The Crest of the First Wave: Science Fiction's Female Counter-Culture, 1950-1960
Chapter 17 Ecce Femina
Chapter 18 Alone Against Tomorrow
Chapter 19 Across the Great Divide
Chapter 20 A Counter-Culture of Tending and Befriending
Chapter 21
Chapter Three - Hidden From History:The Ebbing of First Wave Women's Science Fiction, 1961-1965
Chapter 22 Into Time's Abyss
Chapter 23 The Persistence of Myth
Chapter 24 Appendix I: Bibliography of Women Science Fiction Writers, 1926 - 1965
Chapter 25 Appendix II: Biographies of Women Science Fiction Writers, 1926 - 1965
[This book] is a masterpiece of scholarly fieldwork.
— The New York Review Of Science Fiction
Davin's book should be essential reading for all in order to dispel the myth that there was a bias against women writers before the 1960s. Quite the opposite. Davin proves that the sf magazines were arguably the most liberal and most receptive of all of the pulps and that the sf fraternity welcomed the female contribution to the world....
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Davin's book is a fascinating and superbly researched look at an area where for too long anecdotal evidence has been accepted in place of facts. It is also a compelling examination of how 'common knowledge' may influence the choices people make, right down to coloring their perceptions of themselvessss
— Jane Lindskold, New York Times bestselling author of The Firekeeper Saga