C. L. Moore
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| - | + | '''Catherine Lucille Moore''' (January 24, 1911 – April 4, 1987) was an [[American people|American]] [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] writer, who first came to prominence in the 1930s writing as '''C. L. Moore'''. She was among the first women to write in the science fiction and fantasy genres, though earlier woman writers in these genres include [[Clare Winger Harris]], [[Greye La Spina]], and [[Gertrude Barrows Bennett|Francis Stevens]], amongst others. Nevertheless, Moore's work paved the way for many other female [[speculative fiction]] writers. | |
| - | '''''Women of Wonder: Science-fiction Stories by Women about Women''''' is a collection of short stories edited by [[Pamela Sargent]], first published in 1975. It also includes an introduction and notes before each story by Sargent. | + | |
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| - | In the introduction, Sargent provides a comprehensive and informed analysis of women in the [[science fiction]] genre, both as writers and characters. She notes that “Most science fiction has been written by men, and they still form a majority of the writers today. About 10 to 15 percent of the writers are women” (p. 11). | + | |
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| - | She discusses some of the earlier prominent women writers, from [[Mary Shelley]] to [[C. L. Moore]], then looks at how women characters have been ignored or stereotyped by writers like [[Jules Verne]], [[H. G. Wells]], [[Isaac Asimov]], and [[Robert Heinlein]]. She closes by saying that changes will likely happen in the genre if readers show they want different perspectives, which will then make publishers interested in new ideas. | + | |
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| - | == Contents == | + | |
| - | * "Introduction: Women in Science Fiction" – [[Pamela Sargent]] | + | |
| - | * "The Child Dreams" – [[Sonya Dorman]] | + | |
| - | * "That Only a Mother" – [[Judith Merril]] | + | |
| - | * "Contagion" – [[Katherine MacLean]] | + | |
| - | * "The Wind People" – [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]] | + | |
| - | * "The Ship Who Sang" – [[Anne McCaffrey]] | + | |
| - | * "[[When I Was Miss Dow]]" – [[Sonya Dorman]] | + | |
| - | * "The Food Farm" – [[Kit Reed]] | + | |
| - | * "[[Baby, You Were Great]]" – [[Kate Wilhelm]] | + | |
| - | * "Sex and/or Mr Morrison" – [[Carol Emshwiller]] | + | |
| - | * "[[Vaster Than Empires and More Slow]]" – [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] | + | |
| - | * "False Dawn" – [[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]] | + | |
| - | * "Nobody’s Home" – [[Joanna Russ]] | + | |
| - | * "[[Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand]]" – [[Vonda N. McIntyre]] | + | |
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Catherine Lucille Moore (January 24, 1911 – April 4, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, who first came to prominence in the 1930s writing as C. L. Moore. She was among the first women to write in the science fiction and fantasy genres, though earlier woman writers in these genres include Clare Winger Harris, Greye La Spina, and Francis Stevens, amongst others. Nevertheless, Moore's work paved the way for many other female speculative fiction writers.
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