From the Back Cover\nThis fascinating study is the first to examine the history of gender and science fiction and the first to discuss science fiction pulp magazines' images of women as well as postmodernism and feminist science fiction. Robin Roberts begins with Shelley's Frankenstein, in which a female alien appears, and continues through H.G. Wells, the 1950s pulp SF magazines, Doris Lessing and feminist utopias, and the new generation of science fiction writers, including Joan Vinge, Sheila Finch and many others.

A New Species: Gender and Science in Science Fiction

Self-Help

Roberts,Robin

University of Illinois Press

Boldly going where no one has gone before, Robin Roberts forges intriguing links between feminist politics and theory and the second "Star Trek" series, "Star Trek: The Next Generation". This lively discussion shows how science fiction's ability to make the familiar strange allows "Star Trek" to expose and comment on entrenched attitudes toward gender roles and feminist issues. By having aliens or sexually neutral beings enact female dominance or passivity, experience pregnancy or maternity, or suffer rape or abortion, "Star Trek" provides viewers with a new perspective on these experiences and an antidote to explicit and implicit cultural biases. Roberts maintains that the relevance of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" to feminist issues accounts as no other factor can for the program's huge following of female fans. The incisive and innovative readings in "Sexual Generations" provide food for thought about how the final frontier can clarify pressing questions of our own space and time.

Sexual Generations: Star Trek: The Next Generation and Gender

Science Fiction & Fantasy

This fascinating study is the first to examine the history of gender and science fiction and the first to discuss science fiction pulp magazines' images of women, as well as postmodernism and feminist science fiction. Robin Roberts begins with Shelley's Frankenstein, in which a female alien appears, and continues through H. G. Wells, the 1950s pulp science fiction magazines, Doris Lessing and feminist utopias, and the new generation of science fiction writers, including Joan Vinge, Sheila Finch, Vonda McIntyre, Ursula Le Guin, and Octavia Butler.

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Boldly going where no one has gone before, Robin Roberts forges intriguing links between feminist politics and theory and the second Star Trek series, Star Trek: The Next Generation. This lively discussion shows how science fiction's ability to make the familiar strange allows Star Trek to expose and comment on entrenched attitudes toward gender roles and feminist issues. By having aliens or sexually neutral beings enact female dominance or passivity, experience pregnancy or maternity, or suffer rape or abortion, Star Trek provides viewers with a new perspective on these experiences and an antidote to explicit and implicit cultural biases. Roberts maintains that the relevance of Star Trek: The Next Generation to feminist issues accounts as no other factor can for the program's huge following of female fans. The incisive and innovative readings in Sexual Generations provide food for thought about how the final frontier can clarify pressing questions of our own space and time.

The first woman to win the Hugo award (given annually by the World Science Fiction convention) and the Nebula award (given annually by the Science Fiction Writers of America), Anne McCaffrey has invented many worlds of science fiction that have made her work enormously popular. Her series The Dragonriders of Pern has become one of the most widely read series in science fiction history. This is the first complete critical study of her work. It examines all of her novels to date, both individual and series, and reveals why she deserves the critical recognition and popularity her works have received. Roberts explores the range and complexity of her novels and the recurrent themes that have attracted so many young adults to her work: the heroine as outsider, the need for tolerance and the acceptance of difference, the importance of living harmoniously with nature, and the value of art and literature.
McCaffrey's contributions to science fiction are many, including the creation of scientifically engineered dragons, brain ships, and scientifically explained mental powers such as telepathy and telekinesis. Roberts shows how McCaffrey's extrapolation of science raises social issues and causes us to think about the future. Each chapter in this study deals with an individual novel or series and features sections on genre, plot, theme, and character development. In addition, Roberts defines and applies a variety of theoretical approaches to the works―feminist, Marxist, environmental, psychoanalytic, and mythic―to widen the reader's perspective on the works. The study also features a chapter on McCaffrey's life, including an interview with the author, and a chapter defining the science fiction genre and McCaffrey's place in it. A complete bibliography of McCaffrey's fiction and bibliography of reviews and criticism complete the work. Because of her great popularity among teenagers and adults, this study is a necessary purchase by secondary schools and public libraries.

Anne McCaffrey: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)

Greenwood

The first woman to win the Hugo award (given annually by the World Science Fiction Convention) and the Nebula award (given annually by the Science Fiction Writers of America), Anne McCaffrey has invented many worlds of science fiction that have made her work enormously popular. Her series The Dragonriders of Pern has become one of the most widely read series in science fiction history. This is the first complete critical study of her work. It examines all of her novels to date, both individual and series, and reveals why she deserves the critical recognition and popularity her works have received. Roberts explores the range and complexity of her novels and recurrent themes that have attracted so many young adults to her work: the heroine as outsider, the need for tolerance and the acceptance of difference, the importance of living harmoniously with nature, and the value of art and literature.

Anne McCaffrey : A Critical Companion/Online

Classics

GEM Online

WNBA, ESPN, and ABC personality Robin Roberts invites girls to explore their love for sports through a wide selection of fascinating sports-related topics that speak directly to them.

Basketball Year : What It's Like to Be a Woman Pro

Tandem Library

Explains how lifelong participation in sports promotes health, confidence, and life skills, and how girls can get the most out of various levels of competition.

Sports for Life: How Athletes Have More Fun (Get in the Game! With Robin Roberts)

Children's Books

Activities, Crafts & Games

Millbrook Pr

Basketball Year: What It's Like to Be a Woman Pro (Get in the Game! With Robin Roberts)

Sports & Outdoors

Careers for Women Who Love Sports

Eight women discuss their work in various sports-related careers, including referee, athletic trainer, agent, writer, and nutritionist, and describe the skills and education needed.

Careers for Women Who Love Sports (Get in the Game! With Robin Roberts)

Education & Reference

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A New Species: Gender and Science in Science Fiction

Sexual Generations: Star Trek: The Next Generation and Gender

A New Species: Gender and Science in Science Fiction

Sexual Generations: Star Trek: The Next Generation and Gender

Anne McCaffrey: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)

Anne McCaffrey : A Critical Companion/Online

Basketball Year : What It's Like to Be a Woman Pro

Sports for Life: How Athletes Have More Fun (Get in the Game! With Robin Roberts)

Basketball Year: What It's Like to Be a Woman Pro (Get in the Game! With Robin Roberts)

Careers for Women Who Love Sports (Get in the Game! With Robin Roberts)