Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction

Overview:

  • Title: Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction
  • Author: Lisa Yaszek, Patrick B. Sharp
  • Year: 2016
  • ISBN-10: 9780819576248
  • Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
  • Price: $29.95
  • Pages: xxv+393+[8]
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Omnibus
  • Title Reference: Shambleau
  • Notes:
    • First printing per the numberline (5—1) that is found on this book's copyright page.
    • Date of publication from Amazon.com 2016-08-06, no exact date printed on the copyright page.
    • Biographies are untitled, but the author profiled has her name printed in boldface and upper case, so that is used. The bios are uncredited but are probably by the editors. Each biography talks about the author and the author's place in science fiction and they range from one page to two or more pages.
    • This anthology is split into five parts:
      ••Part 1: Authors (p 1-236)
      ••Part 2: Poets (p 237-258)
      ••Part 3: Journalists (p 259-289)
      ••Part 4: Editors (p 290-330)
      ••Part 5: Artists (p 331-343)
    • Illustrations, part of a folio are located between pages 334 and 335, printed on slick paper, and are not part of the official page count.
    • Page 276-277 is a facsimile reprint of the illustration by Joe C. Sewell, and the first page of the article that it illustrates by L. Taylor Hansen. Per ISFDB protocol, this is counted as the first page of the reprinted article.
    • This book also prints a bibliography (p 371-381) and an index (p 383-393).