Flying Cups and Saucers: Gender Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy

by Debbie Notkin (Editor), Secret Feminist Cabal (Editor)

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Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction, Gender, Feminism, Short Stories, LGBT

394 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[eva · Rating 5 out of 5]

it's rare for me to find politically-themed fiction that isn't embarrassingly didactic, and equally rare to find science fiction, even in long form, that doesn't end up resorting to clunky expository passages in order to move the story along. so it seems like feminist science fiction short stories must be an especially tough genre/form combination to tackle. that said, i really treasured this collection. a couple clunkers that made me groan, but they're definitely made up for by awesome stuff from (just a few of my favorites) eleanor arnason, ian r. macleod, and carol emshwiller. and of course, always and forever <3, ursula k. le guin - "the matter of seggri" manages to be challenging, heartbreaking, and unabashedly feminist, while at the same time extending its arms fully and equally to both men and women. (but it kinda made me blush to imagine a 60-odd-year-old wife and mother writing a story that makes such extravagant use of the word "fuckery".)

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

My brother took a course in college that used this as required reading. It was laying around the house, so I picked it up. A few stories were awesome, but as I am not generally a scifi fan I just couldn't get into most of them.

[Mills College Library]

Fiction F6482 2008