In the real world, many women are still struggling for equality, but science fiction and fantasy provide a stage for the portrayal of women who have come fully into their own. Here, a talented group of writers has taken up the challenge of creating strong, well-rounded female protagonists, more than able to defend themselves and take the helm--whether in space, on distant worlds, in our own future, or in fantasy realms where a civilization's fate hangs in the balance.
Introduction by Tanya Huff and Alexander Potter
Fighting Chance by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Painted Child of Earth by Rosemary Edghill
She’s Such a Nasty Morsel by Julie E. Czerneda
The Children of Diardin: To Find the Advantage by Fiona Patton
Not That Kind of a War by Tanya Huff
The Black Ospreys by Michelle West
The Art of War by Bruce Holland Rogers
Geiko by Kerrie Hughes
Shin-Gi-Tai by Robin Wayne Bailey
The Last Hand of War by Jana Paniccia
War Games by Lisanne Norman
Fire from the Sun by Jane Lindskold
Sweeter Far Than Flowing Honey by Stephen Leigh
Token by Anna Oster
Elites by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
In the real world, many women are still struggling for equality, but science fiction and fantasy provide a stage for the portrayal of women who have come fully into their own. Here, a talented group of writers has taken up the challenge of creating strong, well-rounded female protagonists, more than able to defend themselves and take the helm--whether in space, on distant worlds, in our own future, or in fantasy realms where a civilization's fate hangs in the balance.
Introduction by Tanya Huff and Alexander Potter
Fighting Chance by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Painted Child of Earth by Rosemary Edghill
She’s Such a Nasty Morsel by Julie E. Czerneda
The Children of Diardin: To Find the Advantage by Fiona Patton
Not That Kind of a War by Tanya Huff
The Black Ospreys by Michelle West
The Art of War by Bruce Holland Rogers
Geiko by Kerrie Hughes
Shin-Gi-Tai by Robin Wayne Bailey
The Last Hand of War by Jana Paniccia
War Games by Lisanne Norman
Fire from the Sun by Jane Lindskold
Sweeter Far Than Flowing Honey by Stephen Leigh
Token by Anna Oster
Elites by Kristine Kathryn Rusch