Pamela Sargent

Pamela Sargent ( born March 20 in Ithaca ( City 1948, New York)) is an American feminist, science fiction writer and editor. She has a Masters degree in philosophy.

Life and work

Pamela Sargent was born in Ithaca and raised as an atheist. Quote: ". The Old Testament 's full of good stories, my personal favorites being Those of David and Esther I never Could get into the New Testament. " ( " The Old Testament is full of good stories, my personal favorites are the books David and Esther. Using the New Testament I am working not at all. " ) She attended the State University of New York at Binghamton, which they in the master's degree philosophy ended. She currently lives in Albany, New York.

She wrote a series of books about terraforming of Venus, which is compared to Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, but Sargent published their books before. In her work, she also deals with alternative world stories and many other themes of science fiction literature.

As editor she moved primarily anthologies of women in order to strengthen the role of women writers in the history of science fiction, and published, among others, Judith Merril, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Kate Wilhelm and Ursula K. Le Guin.

Bibliography

Star Trek

  • The Undiscovered Country, 1988, ISBN 3-404-24112-6, After Lives, 1986 ( as ed. with Ian Watson)
  • Scorned wrath, 2000, ISBN 3-453-16189-0, A Fury Scorned, 1996 ( with George Zebrowski )

Single novels

  • The bio - bomb, 1980, ISBN 3-442-23337-2, Cloned Lives, 1976
  • Sudden Star (1979 )
  • Watch Star (1980 )
  • The Golden Space (1982 )
  • The Alien Upstairs (1983 )
  • Earthseed (1983)
  • Home Mind ( 1984)
  • Eye of the Comet (1984 )
  • Venus of Dreams (1986 )
  • The banks of the women, 1993, ISBN 3-453-06632-4, The Shore of Women, 1986
  • Venus of Shadows (1988 )
  • Alien Child ( 1988)
  • Danny flies to Mars, Danny Goes to Mars, 1992
  • Ruler of the Sky ( 1993)
  • Climb the Wind ( 1998)
  • Child of Venus (2001)
  • Farseed (2007)
  • Seed Seeker ( 2010)

Short story collections

  • Star Shadows ( 1977)
  • The Golden Space (1983 )
  • The Best of Pamela Sargent (1987 ) with Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Mountain Cage and Other Stories (2002)
  • Eye of Flame ( 2003)
  • Thumbprints (2004)

As editor

  • Women of Wonder ( 1975)
  • More Women of Wonder ( 1976)
  • Organic Futures: Science Fiction Stories About Biological Metamorphosis (1976 )
  • The New Women of Wonder ( 1978)
  • Three in Space (1981 ) with Jack Dann and George Zebrowski
  • Women of Wonder: The Classic Years ( 1996)
  • Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years ( 1996)
  • Three in Time (1997) with Jack Dann and George Zebrowski
  • Conqueror Fantastic (2004)

Non-fiction book

  • Firebrands: The Heroines of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1976 ) with Ron Miller

Awards

Ithaca, New York Atheism Anthology Ian Watson (author) Locus Award Integrated Authority File
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