The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women

The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women

BookThe Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women
EditorA. Susan Williams, Richard Glyn Jones
Introduction byJoanna Russ
Copyright Holder (Introduction/Prologue)Joanna Russ
PublisherPenguin Group
Contributing WriterElizabeth Bowen, Shirley Jackson, Leigh Brackett, Daphne du Maurier, Leonora Carrington, Zenna Henderson, Muriel Spark, Anna Kavan, Anne McCaffrey, Joan Aiken, Hilary Bailey, Kit Reed, Josephine Saxton, Christine Brooke-Rose, Kate Wilhelm, Joanna Russ, P. D. James, James Tiptree, Jr., Margaret Atwood, Fay Weldon, Joyce Carol Oates, Vonda N. McIntyre, Lisa Tuttle, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Angela Carter, Mary Gentle, Janet Frame, Zoë Fairbairns, Octavia E. Butler, Candas Jane Dorsey, Suniti Namjoshi, Suzy McKee Charnas, Carol Emshwiller, Lynda Rajan, L. A. Hall, Ann Oakley, Lucy Sussex
Cover Art byLeonora Carrington
Printed byClays Ltd
ImprintPenguin Books
Copyright HolderA. Susan Williams, Richard Glyn Jones
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
This Edition Published1996
Pages / Font560 pages
Printer's Key1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
ISBN 100-14-024336-4
Barcode (EAN)9780140243369
EAN 590101
PriceU.K. £8.99
PriceAUST. $16.95
PriceCAN. $16.99
PriceU.S.A. $13.95
ChaptersSources and Acknowledgements Introduction by Joanna Russ Editors' Note Elizabeth Bowen, The Demon Lover (Ireland, 1941) Shirley Jackson, The Tooth (USA, 1948) Leigh Brackett, The Lake of the Gone Forever (USA, 1949) Daphne du Maurier, The Old Man (UK, 1952) Leonora Carrington, My Flannel Knickers (UK/Mexico, c. 1955) Zenna Henderson, The Anything Box (USA, 1956) Muriel Spark, Miss Pinkerton's Apocalypse (UK, 1958) Anna Kavan, A Bright Green Field (UK, 1958) Anne McCaffrey, The Ship Who Sang (USA, 1961) Joan Aiken, Marmalade Wine (UK, 1964) Hilary Bailey, The Fall of Frenchy Steiner (UK, 1964) Kit Reed, Cynosure (USA, 1964) Josephine Saxton, The Wall (UK, 1966) Christine Brooke-Rose, The Foot (UK, 1967) Kate Wilhelm, Baby, You Were Great (USA, 1967) Joanna Russ, The Second Inquisition (USA, 1970) P. D. James, Murder, 1986 (UK, 1970) James Tiptree, Jr., The Milk of Paradise (USA, 1972) Margaret Atwood, When It Happens (Canada, 1975) Fay Weldon, Angel, All Innocence (UK, 1977) Joyce Carol Oates, Night-Side (USA, 1977) Vonda N. McIntyre, Fireflood (USA, 1979) Lisa Tuttle, Wives (USA/UK, 1979) Tanith Lee, Red as Blood (UK, 1979) Ursula K. Le Guin, Sur (USA, 1982) Angela Carter, Peter and the Wolf (UK, 1982) Mary Gentle, The Pits beneath the World (UK, 1983) Janet Frame, Two Sheep (New Zealand, 1983) Zoë Fairbairns, Relics (UK, 1985) Octavia E. Butler, The Evening and the Morning and the Night (USA, 1987) Candas Jane Dorsey, (Learning about) Machine Sex (Canada, 1988) Suniti Namjoshi, Prodigal Pudding (India/Canada/UK, 1988) Suzy McKee Charnas, Boobs (USA, 1989) Carol Emshwiller, If the Word Was to the Wise (USA, 1990) Lynda Rajan, Trial by Teaspoon (UK, 1992) L. A. Hall, In the Green Shade of a Bee-Loud Glade (UK, 1993) Ann Oakley, Death in the Egg (UK, 1994) Lucy Sussex, Kay and Phil (New Zealand/Australia, 1994) Notes on the Authors
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