039471041X spine crease, edge wear; These twelve first-class stories by women writers explore changing sex roles in the time-honored male preserve of science fiction. Stories by Jusith Merril, Katherine Maclean, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Anne McCaffrey, Sonya Dorman, Kit Reed, Kate Wilhelm, Carol Emshwiller, Ursula K. Le Guin, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Joanna Russ, and Vonda N. McIntyre.

0671836072 edge wear, spine creasing, some cover creases; In a world rising out of chaos, geneticist Merripan Allen has urged the beautiful Josepha to be inseminated with genetically crafted sperm - to become one of the mothers of a better, more rational kind of humanity.

1930846290 Signed by the author on the title page. This eclectic group of short stories traverses time, place, and genre to deliver vivid ac counts of captivating worlds, both real and imagined. By weaving together the historical and the fantastic, the stories in this collection produce fascinating narratives that remain deeply human. The startling title story, ''Thumbprints,'' explores the darker side of the book business when a literary agent goes too far to ensure that his author's fees are paid in full. ''Erdeni's Tiger,'' a historical drama, features a young wife in twelfth-century Mongolia who must master the spirit world to save her tribe. ''Climb the Wind'' revisits Mongolia in a modern-day setting as the country's military past haunts its current inhabitants.

ex-library with usual markings, some light edge wear; Ship hurtles through space. Deep within its core, it carries the seed of humankind. Launched by the people of a dying Earth over a century ago, its mission is to find a habitable world for the children?fifteen-year-old Zoheret and her shipmates?whom it has created from its genetic banks. To Zoheret and her shipmates, Ship has been mother, father, and loving teacher, preparing them for their biggest challenge: to survive on their own, on an uninhabited planet, without Ship?s protection. Now that day is almost upon them...but are they ready to leave Ship? Ship devises a test. And suddenly, instincts that have been latent for over a hundred years take over. Zoheret watches as friends become strangers?and enemies. Can Zoheret and her companions overcome the biggest obstacle to the survival of the human race?themselves?

8.5" (21.5 cm) Tall Ex-Library Stated and Coded First Edition Very lightly read. Exlib markings are all confined to pages preceding and including table of contents, and from last numbered page to endpapers. Interior reading pages exceptionally clean and bright. Square with sharp corners, tight binding and hinges. DJ in very well kept condition with just a bit of minor edgewear. In new mylar DJ sleeve. 225 pp. Contents: Ettinger, "Introduction: The Transhuman Condition"; Disch, Chanson Perpetuelle; Wolfe, "The Doctor of Death Island"; Sargent, "The Renewal"; Zebrowski, "Transfigured Night"; bibliography of related nonfiction and fiction. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/1010008.jpg