Future Females, The Next Generation: New Voices and Velocities in Feminist Science Fiction Criticism

by Marleen S. Barr (Contributor)

Almost 20 years after the publication of Future Females: A Critical Anthology, feminist science fiction pioneer Marleen S. Barr, together with a talented crew of the field's established and emerging theorists, reveal new critical insights in Future Females, the Next Generation. This groundbreaking collection includes contributors from across the globe who find effective venues for imagining feminist thought experiments. A multinational perspective runs through this innovative volume, focusing on the latest dynamic trends in feminist science fiction. These include such issues as race, gender, cyberfeminism, the media, and new writers in the field. Future Females, the Next Generation, which establishes the generational continuity characterizing a vibrant area of feminist literary and cultural inquiry, boldly goes where no feminist science fiction critical anthology has gone before.

Genres: Science Fiction, Feminism

336 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2000

Reviews

[Keshia · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting collection of feminist essays covering a wide range of women in sci-fi; from novels to abstract short stories, and even popular series such a Star Treks. The collection as a whole emphasizes the footprint that the female characters have made in the science fiction world, in both a negative and positive light. It also takes a specialized look at the integration of the character regarding artificial intelligence and the unique perspective that cyberpunk adds. My favorite essay was Jane Donawerths, "The Feminist Dystopia of the 1990's : Record of Failure, Midwife of Hope". The collection also finishes off with a wonderful postscript the greatly summarizes, analyzes, and predicts the flight of the female characters within the realm of sci-fi.