Pamela Sargent

Pamela Sargent (born March 20, 1948) is an American, feminist, science fiction author, and editor. She has an MA in classical philosophy and has won a Nebula Award. She wrote a series concerning the terraforming of Venus that is sometimes compared to Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, but predates it. She also edited various anthologies to celebrate the contributions of women in the history of science fiction. She is noted for writing alternate history stories. Sargent has attempted work with a wide variety of themes in general, if not always successfully. She also collaborated with George Zebrowski and on numerous Star Trek novels.

Bibliography

Novels

• Cloned Lives (1976)
• Sudden Star (1979)
• Watchstar (1980)
• The Golden Space (1982)
• The Alien Upstairs (1983)
• Earthseed (1983)
• Homesmind (1984)
• Eye of the Comet (1984)
• Venus of Dreams (1986)
• The Shore of Women (1986)
• Venus of Shadows (1988)
• Alien Child (1988)
• Ruler of the Sky (1993)
• Climb the Wind (1998)
• Child of Venus (2001)
• Farseed (2007)

Collections

• Cloned Lives (1976)
• Starshadows (1977)
• The Golden Space (1983)
• The Best of Pamela Sargent (1987) with Martin H. Greenberg
• The Mountain Cage and Other Stories (2002)
• Eye of Flame (2003)
• Thumbprints (2004)

Anthologies Edited

• Women of Wonder (1975)
• More Women of Wonder (1976)
• Bio-Futures: Science Fiction Stories About Biological Metamorphosis (1976)
• The New Women of Wonder (1978)
• Three in Space (1981) with Jack Dann and George Zebrowski
• Afterlives (1986) with Ian Watson
• Women of Wonder: The Classic Years (1996)
• Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years (1996)
• Three in Time (1997) with Jack Dann and George Zebrowski
• Conqueror Fantastic (2004)

Nonfiction

• Firebrands: The Heroines of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1976) with Ron Miller

Sources

• The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
• SFWA
• ISFDB

External links

• Pamela Sargent at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Golden Gryphon Press official site - About Thumbprints
• Audio Review of Venus of Dreams at The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast

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