The New Women of Wonder

The New Women of Wonder: Recent Science Fiction Stories by Women About Women is an anthology of short stories, novelettes, novellas, and a poem edited by Pamela Sargent. The collection reprinted work by contemporary female science fiction authors, originally published from 1967 to 1977. It was published in 1978.[1]

The New Women of Wonder
The New Women of Wonder cover
AuthorPamela Sargent
LanguageEnglish
SeriesWomen of Wonder series
GenreScience fiction
PublisherVintage Books
Publication date
1978
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages363 pp
ISBN978-0-394-71876-7
Followed byWomen of Wonder: The Classic Years  

The New Women of Wonder is the third anthology in a series of three volumes published in the 1970s, preceded by Women of Wonder (1975), and More Women of Wonder (1976). These volumes are considered one of the first science fiction collections to focus on women in science fiction both as authors and as varied and complex characters.[2][3][4] Sargent's introductions to the anthologies, in particular, are seen to have offered "comprehensive and informed analyses of the images and role of women in sf."[5]

Contents

Reception

A contemporary reviewer noted that just Sargent's introduction to the collection was "well worth the price of the book," as it is "packed with information about women writers and women characters in the sci fi field."[6]

Further reading

James Nicoll. "Yet more SF about women, by women." James Nicoll Reviews. 7 March, 2015.

References
  1. The New Women of Wonder title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
  2. Clute, John. "Sargent, Pamela." The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Eds. John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight. Gollancz, 25 Oct. 2021. Web. 4 Dec. 2021. https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sargent_pamela .
  3. Tuttle, Lisa. "Women in SF." The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Eds. John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight. Gollancz, 31 Aug. 2018. Web. 4 Dec. 2021. https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/women_in_sf .
  4. Yaszek, Lisa. "On the Occasion of Femspec's Twentieth Anniversary." Femspec, vol. 20, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 16+.
  5. Merrick, Helen (2009). "Fiction, 1964-1979". In Bould, Mark; Butler, Andrew; Roberts, Adam (eds.). The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction. Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9780203871317.
  6. Bodart, Joni, and Lillian N. Gerhardt. School Library Journal, vol. 21, no. 7, Mar. 1975, p. 112.
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