{"574411":{"#nid":"574411","#data":{"type":"news","title":"This summer, Lisa Yaszek\u2019s new book, Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction, was published by Wesleyan Press as part of it\u0027s Early Classics of Science Fiction line.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis summer,\u0026nbsp;Professor and Associate Chair of LMC,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/yaszek\u0022\u003ELisa Ya\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/yaszek\u0022\u003Eszek\u0027s\u003C\/a\u003E book\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;\u201cSisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction\u201d was published by Wesleyan Press as part of it\u0027s Early Classics of Science Fiction line. The book was co-authored by Patrick Sharp and features a conclusion by award-winning science fiction author Kathleen Ann Goonan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction, is published by Wesleyan University Press as part of its groundbreaking Early Classics of Science Fiction book series. For nearly half a century, feminist scholars, writers, and fans have successfully challenged the notion that science fiction is all about \u201cboys and their toys,\u201d pointing to authors such as Mary Shelley, Clare Winger Harris, and Judith Merril as proof that women have always been part of the genre.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EContinuing this tradition, Sisters of Tomorrow offers readers a comprehensive selection of works by genre luminaries, including author C. L. Moore, artist Margaret Brundage, and others who were well known in their day, including poet Julia Boynton Green, science journalist L. Taylor Hansen, and editor Mary Gnaedinger.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECo-authored with Dr. Patrick Sharp (Cal State LA) and featuring a conclusion by award-winning science fiction author Kathleen Ann Goonan, this anthology documents how women in the early twentieth century contributed to the pulp-magazine community and showcases the content they produced, including short stories, editorial work, illustrations, poetry, and science journalism.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction is available for purchase \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sisters-Tomorrow-Science-Fiction-Classics\/dp\/0819576247\u0022\u003Ehere.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This summer, our very own Lisa Yaszek` - Professor and Associate Chair, LMC \u201cSisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction\u201d was published by Wesleyan Press as part of it\u0027s Early Classics of Science Fiction line. 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