Sisters of The Revolution : A Femimist Speculative Fiction Anthology: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology - Softcover

Ann VanderMeer; Jeff VanderMeer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1629630357 ISBN 13: 9781629630359

Publisher: PM Press, 2015

Synopsis

FROM THE FANTASTIC TO THE FUTURISTIC

A curated selection of feminist speculative fiction selected by award-winning editorial team Ann & Jeff VanderMeer.

SISTERS OF THE REVOLUTION gathers a highly curated selection of feminist speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror and more) chosen by one of the most respected editorial teams in speculative literature today, the award-winning Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. Including stories from the 1970s to the present day, the collection seeks to expand the conversation about feminism while engaging the reader in a wealth of imaginative ideas.

From the literary heft of Angela Carter to the searing power of Octavia Butler, SISTERS OF THE REVOLUTION gathers daring examples of speculative fiction's engagement with feminism. Dark, satirical stories such as Eileen Gunn's "Stable Strategies for Middle Management" and the disturbing horror of James Tiptree Jr.'s "The Screwfly Solution" reveal the charged intensity at work in the field.

Including new, emerging voices like Nnedi Okorafor and featuring international contributions from Angelica Gorodischer and many more, SISTERS OF THE REVOLUTION seeks to expand the ideas of both contemporary fiction and feminism to new fronts. Moving from the fantastic to the futuristic, the subtle to the surreal, these stories will provoke thoughts and emotions about feminism like no other book available today.

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Review:

"Including stories from the 1970s to the present day, the collection seeks to expand the conversation about feminism while engaging the reader in a wealth of imaginative ideas. From the literary heft of Angela Carter to the searing power of Octavia Butler, Sisters of the Revolution gathers daring examples of speculative fiction's engagement with feminism." --Buzzfeed

"The respected editorial team presents 29 stories of feminist speculative fiction from the 60s to now, by a very impressive roster of writers including Octavia E. Butler, Ursula K. Le Guin, Angela Carter, Nalo Hopkinson, and James Tiptree, Jr." --Locus Online

"Ann and Jeff VanderMeer are responsible for some of the best anthologies of recent years, and in Sisters Of The Revolution they look to have done it again. The book is a comprehensive, genre-spanning collection of horror, fantasy and science-fiction from female authors. --This is Horror

"This book is a must-read for fans of speculative fiction, feminist or not, and would be an exciting text to build a women's studies course around." --World Literature Today

"This 'highly curated' collection of feminist speculative fiction definitely bears the VanderMeer stamp: not only choosing their stories from every genre of the fantastic, including horror and fantasy but offering a greater preponderance of the surreal and the richly grotesque than one might expect in an anthology on this theme." --The New York Review of Science Fiction

"The stories here were written between the 1970s and the present day, with emerging authors such as Nnedi Okorafor side by side with established voices including Angela Carter and Octavia Butler. Highlights include Kelley Eskridge's tale of an actor equally at home playing John the Baptist or Salome, a story of gender fluidity heavy with desire; James Tiptree Jr's 'The Screwfly Solution', a chilling account of society falling apart as men's sexual and violent impulses combine; and Carter's masterful examination of the Lizzie Borden case, a vivid depiction of life in the 19th century, when three women could be owned by one man through marriage, birth or contract. This is a fine anthology." --The Guardian

"I like this book. I like this book a lot: there is not a bad story in the collection, and very few that feel slight or weak." --Strange Horizons

About the Author:

The founder of the award-winning Buzzcity Press, Ann VanderMeer currently serves as an acquiring fiction editor for Tor.com, Cheeky Frawg Books, and Weirdfictionreview.com. She was the editor-in-chief for Weird Tales for five years, during which time she was nominated three times for the Hugo Award, winning one. Along with nominations for the Shirley Jackson Award, she also has won a World Fantasy Award and a British Fantasy Award.. A three-time World Fantasy Award winner and 13-time nominee, Jeff VanderMeer has been a finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Philip K. Dick, and Shirley Jackson Awards. His nonfiction appears in The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian and The Los Angeles Times, among others. He is the cofounder of Weirdfictionreview.com and Cheeky Frawg Books.

About this edition

• Publisher: PM Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1629630357
• ISBN 13: 9781629630359
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352