Not of Woman Born

by Constance Ash

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"Introduction" by Constance Ash;
"Hunting Mother" by Sage Walker;
"Judith's Flowers" by Susan Palwick;
"A Gift to be Simple" by Patricia A. McKillip;
"Island of the Ancestor" by William F. Wu;
"One Day at Central Convenience Mall" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman;
"Dead in the Water" Jack McDevitt;
"Raising Jenny" by Janni Lee Simner;
"There Was an Old Woman" by Robert Silverberg;
"Remailer" by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald;
"The Leopard's Garden" by Constance Ash;
"Bouncing Babies" by Kara Dalkey;
"Of Bitches Born" by Michael Armstrong;
"Doppels" by Richard Parks; and
"Daddy's World" by Walter Jon Williams.
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Philip K. Dick Award Finalist (1999)

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Running here in the long corridors had its joys but it was better above.

Introduction: The child's primal question "Where did I come from?" is our species' shared, fundamental inquiry into the nature and meaning of the universe.

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Collects fourteen stories dealing with reproductive technology, with an introduction by Constance Ash:

"Hunting Mother" by Sage Walker

"Judith's Flowers" by Susan Palwick

"A Gift to be Simple" by Patricia A. McKillip

"Island of the Ancestor" by William F. Wu

"One Day At Central Convenience Mall" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

"Dead in the Water" by Jack McDevitt

"Raising Jenny" by Janni Lee Simner

"There Was an Old Woman" by Robert Silverberg

"Remailer" by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald

"The Leopard's Garden" by Constance Ash

"Bouncing Babies" by Kara Dalkey

"Of Bitches Born" by Michael Armstrong

"Doppels" by Richard Parks

"Daddy's World" by Walter Jon Williams

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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0451456815, Paperback)

Since the 1970s, many of SF's original theme anthologies have been filled with flimsy toss-offs by the editor's pals. However, there are exceptions. In Not of Woman Born (theme: conscious evolution a.k.a. reproductive technology), editor Constance Ash has collected 13 original stories and one reprint that are strong, well-written, imaginative, highly diverse, and excellent. This is no surprise when you consider the amazing list of contributors, including Patricia A. McKillip, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Jack McDevitt, Robert Silverberg, Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald, and Walter Jon Williams. --Cynthia Ward

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:14:47 -0400)

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