Booklist weighs in on Men Writing SF As Women

October 31st 2003 at 4:12 pm

Amazon.com: Books: Men Writing Science Fiction As Women

Like Women Writing Science Fiction as Men (2003), Resnick’s new challenge anthology (”Hey, buddy, write a story from the perspective of a woman!”) yields results ranging from silly to genuinely touching, about everything from space exploration to a crazy cat-lady who is actually the AI in charge of a major skyscraper. In “The New Breed,” Michael A. Burstein writes about alien invaders and plans to breed stronger humans in response. Tom Gerencer’s “Not Quite Immaculate” touts an intriguing high-tech method of stowing away: reducing people to zygotes (to restore them, just accelerate pregnancy and growth). Dean Wesley Smith’s time-travel tale “Mom’s Paradox” stands the I-am-my-own-grandpa gambit on its head by having a time traveler ensure that she will be born. All in all, a satisfying collection, however tenuous the glue of its theme. -Regina Schroeder

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