Description
Women may hold up more than half the sky
on earth, but it has been different in heaven: science fiction still is
very much a preserve of male protagonists, mostly performing
by-the-numbers quests. In The Other Half of the Sky, editor
Athena Andreadis offers readers heroes who happen to be women, doing
whatever they would do in universes where they’re fully human: starship
captains, planet rulers, explorers, scientists, artists, engineers,
craftspeople, pirates, rogues… As one of the women in Tiptree’s
“Houston, Houston, Do You Read?” says: “We sing a lot. Adventure songs,
work songs, mothering songs, mood songs, trouble songs, joke songs, love
songs – everything.” Everything.
Praise and Reviews
Kim
Stanley Robinson, author of the Red/Green/Blue Mars trilogy,
winner of Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Campbell and Locus awards: The
stories are not only fun, but interesting. This is what science fiction
should be!
Gwyneth Jones, author of the Aleutian trilogy and Bold as Love
cycle, winner of World Fantasy, Tiptree, Dick and Clarke awards: Every
entry here, bar none, engaged me emotionally, entertained me and made me
think.
Vonda McIntyre, author of Dreamsnake, winner of Nebula awards: These stories deserve your time, your attention, your appreciation.
James Patrick Kelly, author of "Think like a Dinosaur" and "Burn",
winner of Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards: Check your preconceptions at
the air lock and strap in for a wild ride because space sisters kick
ass!
Jeanne Cavelos, author of The Passing of the Techno-Mages series:
The female characters in THE OTHER HALF OF THE SKY explore the full,
rich spectrum of human nature, and at the same time, they take readers
on moving and memorable adventures.
