Not of Woman Born
by Constance Ash (Editor, Contributor)
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An original anthology of stories dealing with modern science's impact on our ideas of conception, birth, and parenting from some of the most imaginative and prophetic authors in science fiction. Stories range from the humorous to the horrific, the fascinating to the far-fetched, with our humanity surviving in the face of overwhelming technology as the common theme of each. A truly unique collection from science fiction's elite!Tags
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I picked this edition only because it has the cover art. I have it in hardback (same cover), but for some reason GoodReads' record for the HB lacks the art. Anyways, I read this back in 2000. A very intriguing anthology. Here is what I wrote in my journal back then:
>>The book is a collection of short stories dealing with alternative forms of reproduction such as cloning or genetic engineering. The stories were well written overall and presented a myriad of possibilities. The story "Daddy's World" stuck with me, not so much because it was the last one in the book but because of its ending, which could be seen as shocking or terrifying yet very subtle [no, I won't tell you. Go read it].
Back then, I did not hesitate to recommend it to my show more significant other (an avid SF reader), and thus I do not hesitate recommending it to folks here. show less
>>The book is a collection of short stories dealing with alternative forms of reproduction such as cloning or genetic engineering. The stories were well written overall and presented a myriad of possibilities. The story "Daddy's World" stuck with me, not so much because it was the last one in the book but because of its ending, which could be seen as shocking or terrifying yet very subtle [no, I won't tell you. Go read it].
Back then, I did not hesitate to recommend it to my show more significant other (an avid SF reader), and thus I do not hesitate recommending it to folks here. show less
"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 - Tiptree Longlist 1999
"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
"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 - Tiptree Longlist 1999
"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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- Canonical title
- Not of Woman Born
- Original publication date
- 1999
- First words
- 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. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Jamie's home at last!
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- Fiction and Literature, Science Fiction
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- 813.0876208 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction Science fiction Collections and anthologies Anthologies
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- PS648 .S3 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature Prose (General)
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