Women of Wonder V41

The title may give you a rather large clue that this is a book about females. The editor writes a lengthy analysis of women and roles in science fiction at the beginning, looking at various thinigs - the use of women by Asimov and Heinlein for example, and what they had said about them in person. Obviously she has chosen stories of a particular type to illustrate what she is on about, given the absence of early writers Catherine Moore and Leigh Brackett and including MacLean, the former being obviously superior talents to the Bradleys, Dormans and Dows etc. as far as short stories go. She does mention them though, but dismisses Brackett as too macho for her, basically, and pointing out more interest in 70s era writers and ongoing as far as her topic is concerned. This is from the 70s, of course, so people reading this now may see it as belaboring the point rather obviously. That aside, overall a good anthology, with a few lightweight stories alongside the top class Russ and McIntyre pieces, or Wilhelm. Women Of Wonder : That Only a Mother - Judith Merril Women Of Wonder : Contagion - Katherine MacLean Women Of Wonder : The Wind People - Marion Zimmer Bradley Women Of Wonder : The Ship Who Sang [short story] - Anne McCaffrey Women Of Wonder : When I Was Miss Dow - Sonya Dorman Women Of Wonder : The Food Farm - Kit Reed Women Of Wonder : Baby You Were Great - Kate Wilhelm Women Of Wonder : Sex and/or Mr. Morrison - Carol Emshwiller Women Of Wonder : Vaster Than Empires and More Slow - Ursula K. Le Guin Women Of Wonder : False Dawn - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Women Of Wonder : Nobody's Home - Joanna Russ Women Of Wonder : Of Mist and Grass and Sand - Vonda N. McIntyre Don't know baby. 2.5 out of 5 Melting sickness bloodless men multiple. 4 out of 5 Alien last stop. 3 out of 5 Rogue rejection replacement return. 3.5 out of 5 Protean patterns. 4 out of 5 Eating restriction. 3.5 out of 5 Reality show acting job way too long. 4 out of 5 Where'd he get the big undies? 2.5 out of 5 Empathetic comeback. 3 out of 5 You lousy Mute! 3 out of 5 Only smart girls at parties, please. 4.5 out of 5 Double serpent treatment. 4.5 out of 5