When SFS, a full ten years ago, published its previous special issue on "Science Fiction on Women—Science Fiction by Women" (March 1980), the introduction called attention to a recent and significant ...

Discover some of the most gripping books written by women to receive the coveted Hugo Award, including classics from Ursula K ...

Barr, ed. Future Females, The Next Generation: New Voices and Velocities in Feminist Science Fiction Criticism. Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. xii + 323 pp. $65 cloth; $22.95 paper. Accordingly, when ...

Credited with founding science fiction as a field, Shelley’s key contribution to the genre was Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. She completed the novel in 1817, when she was still a ...

"the saddest aspect of life right now is that science fiction gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." Black women have always gathered knowledge faster than society writ large ...

The shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 has been announced. Launched last year as a sister award to the Women’s Prize for Fiction (now in its 30th year), the accolade seeks to ...

Lori Frye, a member of the 501st Legion, talks about what it takes to be a “Star Wars” costumer and the role of women in science fiction.