Women Writers of the Pulp Era
Women have always been in science fiction, ever since Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, but far too many of them have been forgotten or at least underappreciated. In this episode of Rite Gud, we are joined by Stephen Mazur, former Assistant Editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, to talk about the women of sci-fi’s pulp era.

Books and Magazines Read or Consulted

  • Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965 by Eric Leif Davin
  • Storyteller by Kate Wilhelm
  • Women of Wonder, edited by Pamela Sargent
  • Women of Futures Past, edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • Dream Makers: The Uncommon People Who Write Science Fiction by Charles Platt
  • Dream Makers Volume II by Charles Platt
  • F&SF September 2001, Special Kate Wilhelm Issue
  • Castle of the Otter by Gene Wolfe
  • Locus Magazine June 1998
  • Locus November 2002
  • Locus March 2003
  • The Citadel of Fear by Francis Stevens
  • The Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction, 3rd Series
  • Star Songs of an Old Primate by James Tiptree, Jr.
  • Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
  • Again, Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
  • Women of Vision: Essays by women writing science fiction, edited by Denise Du Pont
  • Imaro by Charles Saunders
  • Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora edited by Sheree R. Thomas
  • The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the beginning to 1950, by Mike Ashley
  • Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950-1970, by Mike Ashley
  • The Futurians, by Damon Knight
  • The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Publishers, Their Editors and Authors by Al Silverman
  • Lightspeed Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue June 2014
  • Lightspeed Queers Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue June 2015
  • Lightspeed People of Color Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue June 2016
  • The Age of Ruin by John M. Faucette
  • The Best of C. L. Moore edited by Lester del Rey

Further Reading

  • The Best of Leigh Brackett edited by Edmond Hamilton
  • Black No More by George Schuyler
  • More Women of Wonder edited by Pamela Sargent
  • The New Women of Wonder edited Pamela Sargent
  • Women of Wonder: The Classic Years edited by Pamela Sargent
  • Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years edited by Pamela Sargent
  • The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction by Justine Larbalestier
  • Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
  • James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips
  • We Who Are About To by Joanna Russ
  • Dark Matter: Reading the Bones edited by Sheree R. Thomas
  • Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: 1852-1923edited by Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger
  • Weird Women: Volume 2: 1840-1925: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers edited by Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger
  • Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction edited by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson
  • The Yellow Peril: Chinese Americans in American Fiction, 1850-1940 by William F. Wu

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