Critical reception has been positive.[2]Strange Horizons gave the anthology a positive review, writing "Generally, when I review anthologies, I find a few outstanding stories, a large number of good stories, and one or two clinkers. This anthology delivered ten outstanding stories -- not a clinker in the bunch."[3]Publishers Weekly gave a more mixed but ultimately positive review, commenting that it "brings little new to the table, but it does assemble excellent work by sci-fi luminaries" and that it could be that the "familiarity of the stories in this anthology signals women's entrenchment in the genre."[4]
The Women's Review of Books was also mixed, and stated that they felt that the pieces chosen were fairly random "as though any old works by women would do if they happened to be set on other planets. Stories that really tackle "liberation" are few and far between. Not many of the pieces go beyond the superficial." They also felt that it was rather tame in comparison to Maureen McHugh'sNekropolis, which had released around the same time.[5]
Referencesedit
^Brissett, Jennifer Marie. "MIND MELD: What Science Fiction Books Should Be in Every Fan's Library? (Part 1)". SF Signal. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
^"A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and about Women. (review)". Booklist. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
^Justice, Faith L. . Strange Horizons. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
^"A WOMAN'S LIBERATION: A Choice of Futures by and About Women (review)". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
^Minkowitz, Donna (March 2002). "Review: New Worlds, Old Conflicts". The Women's Review of Books. 19 (6): 9–10. doi:10.2307/4023953. JSTOR 4023953.
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woman, liberation, choice, futures, about, women, collection, science, fiction, stories, edited, author, connie, willis, sheila, williams, each, story, originally, published, asimov, science, fiction, analog, science, fiction, fact, magazines, coverauthorconni. A Woman s Liberation A Choice of Futures By and About Women is a collection of science fiction stories edited by the author Connie Willis and Sheila Williams 1 Each story was originally published in Asimov s Science Fiction and or Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazines A Woman s LiberationCoverAuthorConnie Willis and Sheila Williams editorsCover artistFranco AccorneroCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenreScience fictionPublisherWarner AspectPublication date2001Media typePrint paperback Pages302 ppISBN0 446 67742 6OCLC45917055Dewey Decimal813 0876208352042 21LC ClassPS648 F4 W65 2001Stories editNancy Kress Inertia Connie Willis Even the Queen Won the Nebula Award in 1993 Sarah Zettel Fool s Errand Pat Murphy Rachel in Love Won the Nebula Award in 1988 Vonda N McIntyre Of Mist and Grass and Sand Won the Nebula Award in 1974 S N Dyer The July Ward Katherine MacLean The Kidnapping of Baroness 5 Octavia E Butler Speech Sounds Won the Hugo in 1984 Anne McCaffrey The Ship Who Mourned Ursula K Le Guin A Woman s LiberationReception editCritical reception has been positive 2 Strange Horizons gave the anthology a positive review writing Generally when I review anthologies I find a few outstanding stories a large number of good stories and one or two clinkers This anthology delivered ten outstanding stories not a clinker in the bunch 3 Publishers Weekly gave a more mixed but ultimately positive review commenting that it brings little new to the table but it does assemble excellent work by sci fi luminaries and that it could be that the familiarity of the stories in this anthology signals women s entrenchment in the genre 4 The Women s Review of Books was also mixed and stated that they felt that the pieces chosen were fairly random as though any old works by women would do if they happened to be set on other planets Stories that really tackle liberation are few and far between Not many of the pieces go beyond the superficial They also felt that it was rather tame in comparison to Maureen McHugh s Nekropolis which had released around the same time 5 References edit Brissett Jennifer Marie MIND MELD What Science Fiction Books Should Be in Every Fan s Library Part 1 SF Signal Retrieved 30 June 2015 A Woman s Liberation A Choice of Futures by and about Women review Booklist Retrieved 30 June 2015 Justice Faith L The Second Sex and Science Fiction A Woman s Liberation A Choice Of Futures By And About Women edited by Connie Willis and Sheila Williams Strange Horizons Archived from the original on 11 September 2015 Retrieved 30 June 2015 A WOMAN S LIBERATION A Choice of Futures by and About Women review Publishers Weekly Retrieved 30 June 2015 Minkowitz Donna March 2002 Review New Worlds Old Conflicts The Women s Review of Books 19 6 9 10 doi 10 2307 4023953 JSTOR 4023953 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Woman 27s Liberation amp oldid 1205736979, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
