Worlds Apart— Lisa Yaszek (Editor)

Who hasn't wondered about the existence of other worlds and imagined how to discover them? Written in the first half of the 20th century, the short stories of Judith Merril, Zenna Henderson, Joanna Russ, Doris Pitkin Buck, Wilmar H. Shiras, C. L. Moore, and Mildred Clingerman show possible ways to reach them. Whether through journeys that challenge the courage of their protagonists, the convergence of dimensions in everyday home life, genetic mutations, or hidden peoples, these writers suggest that different universes touch, multiplying the present but also the possibilities of the future.

Alternate Worlds is the first volume of The Future is Female!, an anthology edited by academic Lisa Yaszek that collects stories by twenty-five American women writers who found in science fiction a space of freedom to play with surprise and wonder, but also to experiment, dissent, and confront social and political issues of their time. Over four decades, these authors not only contributed to building a literary genre from its foundations but also transformed it by developing complex characters, rethinking the relationship between men and women, humans and aliens, and questioning how science and technology could reconfigure gender, sex, motherhood, and survival, enabling new ways of living.

Divided into three thematic volumes that re-group Yaszek's anthology, Almadía presents this collection for the first time in Spanish, thanks to the translation by the Falsos Amigos collective.

No. Pages: 232 / Dimensions: 21.5 cm (Height) x 14.5 cm (Width)

ISBN: 9786078851065