Authors in this collection I have read before :Leonora CarringtonOctavia E. ButlerAngela CarterPat MurphyJoanna RussTanith LeeUrsula K. Le Guin All the other authors :L. Timmel DuchampKit ReedNnedi OkoraforEleanor ArnasonKelley EskridgeAngélica GorodischerNalo HopkinsonLeena KrohnJames Tiptree Jr.Rose LembergAnne RichterKelly BarnhillHiromi GotoVandana SinghSusan PalwickCarol EmshwillerEileen GunnKarin TidbeckPamela SargentRachel SwirskyCatherynne M. ValenteElisabeth VonarburgClearly I need

First of all, I would like to award myself a medal for FINALLY making it through one of the anthologies on my VanderMeer shelf. It is one of the slimmer collections but I have been saying I will do this for several years! It took one of my reading groups declaring February the month of revolution, and I decided this was as good of a time as any to work through these stories.There is a wide range of stories here, wide in theme and in time period, some old enough to give tastes of "old school" spe...

Refreshing! Favourites: - Nalo Hopkinson's take on Bluebeard- James Tiptree Jr's The Screwfly Solution- Vandava Singh, the Woman Who thought She Was a Planet- Susan Palwick's werewolf story

The style of the first two stories really got in the way of the interesting premises, and I started the third one but have kind of lost interest. The writing just makes it too difficult to get carried away with the stories.

An exemplary collection of feminist speculative fiction, with a nice combination of contemporary and classic authors. Although, as with all anthologies, some stories appeal more than others, there wasn't a story here that I felt didn't belong. (Disclaimer: I was a Kickstarter backer for this project, which really just means I paid for my copy quite a bit in advance.)Stories that especially stood out for me:"The Forbidden Words of Margaret A." by L. Timmel DuchampSpeculative *legal* fiction about...

Sadly overall, the impression I am left with is that I simply do not like anthologies all that much. Some standout stories. Some ok stories and some very weak ones. Still, I am more convinced than ever that I just have to get my behind in gear and finally read Octavia Butler.

This book is something of a challenge for me. I picked it up because it has the word “feminist” on the cover, and is an anthology (something that I find significantly easier to read during the school year because I can review in parts.) I would like to make it clear that I will not understand some of the works included in this anthology, and I hope you will not judge me for this. I will rate each piece on my enjoyment of it, but in this book more than any other, my opinions might be very wrong.

A good collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories from a wide range of authors. I enjoyed a number of the stories, all of which had a feminist slant. Some stories were scary commentaries on gender relations, while one in particular gave me a few chuckles (the one about the grammarian). I liked the editors' picks.

An exemplary anthology. There is not a single weak or even mediocre story here and many of the works included rank among the finest tales in the canon. This is an absolutely essential read for anyone who loves speculative fiction. (Parenthetically, I am thrilled my little participation in the Kickstarter that helped bring about this volume contributed to something so fine. My money has rarely been so well spent!)

I love the idea behind this anthology: sci-fi/fantasy stories, written by women from many different places and times, coming together to form a multi-faceted view of feminism. It was an exciting combination of authors: old favorites, some I'd been meaning to check out, and several I'd never heard of before. There were some compelling and thought-provoking stories in here, but overall... I found it a bit tedious. Part of the reason is that, despite the variety of settings and styles, there's a de...

This is an interesting and well curated anthology that brought me into contact with several authors I haven't read (or even heard of) before.As with nearly all anthologies it was a combination of hit and miss, but there are much more stories that intrigued me than ones that left me with a shoulder shrug.The stories that stood out to me were:The Palm Tree Bandit by Nnedi Okorafor is a delightful story about the unusual beginning of a myth. I love Okorafor's prose and her down-to-earth characters...

Sisters of the Revolution, edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer, is a reprint anthology that brings together work from some of the most important feminist voices in science fiction. This is not hyperbole. Among the works collected in this PM Press publication are Joanna Russ’s When It Changed, James Tiptree Jr’s The Screwfly Solution, Octavia Butler’s The Evening and the Morning and the Night, and Ursula Le Guin’s Sur, as well as several other stories I’ve read and loved before from authors Eleanor...

This is a really excellent and diverse collection of sci-fi and fantasy stories with a feminist slant. A lot of the stories (as might be expected) are dystopian, but not all. There is a good mix of well known and lesser known authors, and there are many stories in translation too. As with any anthology, I enjoyed some stories a lot more than others, but the overall quality was very high and I would recommend this anthology to anyone who enjoys speculative fiction.

Favorites:"My Flannel Knickers" by Leonora Carrington (which actually made me physically dizzy, which was a new one on me)"The Grammarian's Five Daughters" by Eleanor Arnason (really loved this one! Will be reading more Arnason soon)"The Forbidden Words of Margaret A" by L. Timmel Duchamp"The Fall River Axe Murders" by Angela Carter (which prompted me to spend the next 5 hours researching Lizzie Borden)and"Boys" by Carol EmshwillerPlus of course the James Tiptree Jr and Octavia Butler stories, b...

There were maybe 5 stories that made reading this worthwhile (Octavia Butler's "The Evening and the Morning and the Night," L Timmel Duchamp's "The Forbidden Words of Margaret A," Pat Murphy's Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates," Eileen Gunn's "Stable Strategies for Middle Management," and Catherynne M Valente's "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time") but for the most part I ended up infuriated and offended that an anthology published in 2015 could include stories that demean and fetishize t...

BeautifulThis one sat on my digital shelf far too long. What a treat to begin the year with. Definitely recommend.

Really solid collection. My perennial favorite Le Guin is present in a story I hadn't read before, as well as James Tiptree/Alice Sheldon's The Screwfly Solution, one of her most feverish and finest stories, and Catherynne Valente who I have lately enjoyed. The others were all new to me, but of particular interest were Carol Emshwiller, Pamela Sargent, L. Timmel DuChamp, Leena Krohn, Pat Murphy, Eleanor Arnason and Octavia Butler. Loved the stories of Arnason, Emshwiller and Octavia Butler's The...

There's not a bad story in this collection (though there is one that I totally did not understand - the surrealist story My Flannel Knickers by Lenora Carrington). Here are a few of my favorites:- The Forbidden Words of Margaret A. by L. Timmel Duchamp; 1980A woman's ideas are so radical and powerful, the government makes it illegal for her to speak.- The Glass Bottle Trick by Nalo Hopkinson; 2000A woman learns to see her husband in a new light after she accidentally breaks the bottles he keeps

Anne and Jeff Vandermeer are superb anthologists and Jeff's a pretty good writer too. This book isn't as "revolutionary" as the title implies and it's only sometimes "feminist." But it is the best collection of modern speculative fiction by women about women I know of, ranging all over the world in good translations and containing some true classics of this genre. Among the latter are James Tiptree, Jr.'s The Screwfly Solution, Olivia Butler's The Evening and the Morning and the Night, L. Timmel...

There's a nice trend on Kickstarter and other crowdfunding sites, of crowdfunding anthologies based around specific themes that might not find a home in traditional publishing. This book is a good example. I participated in its Kickstarter, and I'm proud that my money helped this book find a home in the world. It's a very professional effort, as would be expected from the editing team of Jeff and Ann VanderMeer. Unfortunately, all the stories are from years past and cannot be considered for this...