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SUMMARY:Women Destroy Science Fiction - Our 1St SF Magazine Book Choice
DESCRIPTION:For the first time ever the SFBookclub will be be reading a mon
 thly SF magazine but it's a special 500 page one entitled WOMEN DESTROY SC
 IENCE FICTION\, which is dedicated to the total and utter destruction of S
 F at the hand of uppity women\, cos women can't right SF\, write?\n\nLIGHT
 SPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages\, yo
 u will find science fiction: from near-future\, sociological soft SF\, to 
 far-future\, star-spanning hard SF—and fantasy: from epic fantasy\, swor
 d-and-sorcery\, and contemporary urban tales\, to magical realism\, scienc
 e-fantasy\, and folktales.\n\nThis month\, we present our special annivers
 ary issue\, Women Destroy Science Fiction!\, an all-science fiction extrav
 aganza entirely written—and edited!—by women. Guest-edited by long-tim
 e LIGHTSPEED assistant editor Christie Yant\, our Women Destroy Science Fi
 ction! Issue contains eleven all-new\, original science fiction short stor
 ies\, plus four short story reprints\, a novella reprint\, and for the fir
 st time ever\, an array of fifteen flash fiction stories. In addition to a
 ll that goodness\, we also have more than two dozen personal essays by wom
 en talking about their experiences reading and writing science fiction\, p
 lus seven in-depth nonfiction articles.\n\nHere’s what we’ve got lined
  up for you in this special issue: Original science fiction by Seanan McGu
 ire\, N.K. Jemisin\, Charlie Jane Anders\, Maria Dahvana Headley\, Amal El
 -Mohtar\, Kris Millering\, Heather Clitheroe\, Rhonda Eikamp\, Gabriella S
 talker\, Elizabeth Porter Birdsall\, and K.C. Norton. Original flash ficti
 on by Carrie Vaughn\, Ellen Denham\, Samantha Murray\, Holly Schofield\, C
 athy Humble\, Emily Fox\, Tina Connolly\, Effie Seiberg\, Marina J. Lostet
 ter\, Rhiannon Rasmussen\, Sarah Pinsker\, Kim Winternheimer\, Anaid Perez
 \, Katherine Crighton\, and Vanessa Torline. Reprints by Alice Sheldon (a/
 k/a James Tiptree\, Jr.)\, Eleanor Arnason\, Maria Romasco Moore\, Tananar
 ive Due\, and a novella reprint by Maureen F. McHugh. Nonfiction articles 
 by Pat Murphy\, Stina Leicht\, Tracie Welser\, plus a roundtable interview
  by Mary Robinette Kowal with Ursula K. Le Guin\, Pat Cadigan\, Ellen Datl
 ow\, and Nancy Kress\, and a feature interview with comic book writer Kell
 y Sue DeConnick by Jennifer Willis. Our cover for this issue is brand-new 
 art from Galen Dara\, who also conducted our artist showcase interview thi
 s month. Personal Essays by Seanan McGuire\, E. Catherine Tobler\, Brooke 
 Bolander\, Marissa Lingen\, Sylvia Spruck Wrigley\, O.J. Cade\, Anne Charn
 ock\, Cheryl Morgan\, Pat Murphy\, Sheila Finch\, Kat Howard\, Amy Sterlin
 g Casil\, Nancy Jane Moore\, Liz Argall\, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam\, Anaea La
 y\, Helena Bell\, Stina Leicht\, Jude Griffin\, Gail Marsella\, DeAnna Kni
 ppling\, Georgina Kamsika\, Sandra Wickham\, Kristi Charish\, Rachel Swirs
 ky\, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff\, Juliette Wade\, and Kameron Hurley.\n\n
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