May 10, 2021
Among the various social changes that accompanied the New Wave, this time period saw the rise of second-wave feminism. In this episode, we explore how that movement influenced the genre of science fiction.
Book recommendation: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Tor Books poll on women in speculative fiction.
Eric
Leif Davin's Partners in Wonder.
Sable
Aradia's review of "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?"
My blog posts on The Handmaid's Tale:
Part 1,
Part 2
Jan
Misali/Conlang Critic on Láadan.
Princeton article on Láadan.
Mary Robinette Kowal on women in sci-fi.
Other works discussed:
"The
Screwfly Solution" by James Tiptree Jr.
"Houston,
Houston, Do You Read?" by James Tiptree Jr.
The
Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
"The
Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin
The
Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Native
Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin
Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler
Parable
of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler