As readers, all of us have gained from these re-visions, re-definitions, and re-solutions. When SFS, a full ten years ago, published its previous special issue on "Science Fiction on Women—Science ...

Marleen S. Barr, ed. Future Females, The Next Generation: New Voices and Velocities in Feminist Science Fiction Criticism. Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. xii + 323 pp. $65 cloth; $22.95 paper.

Credited with founding science fiction as a field, Shelley’s key contribution to the genre was Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. She completed the novel in 1817, when she was still a ...

Connie Willis holds a record-breaking 11 Hugo Awards (three for Best Novel, four for Best Novella, two for Best Novelette, ...

For this installment of our Depictions of Women in STEM series, we're focusing on a Black woman who paved the way for Black women's portrayal in science fiction: Nichelle Nichols. Published in 1995, ...

Lori Frye, a member of the 501st Legion, talks about what it takes to be a “Star Wars” costumer and the role of women in science fiction.