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From pulp fiction to cyberpunk science fiction writing has always abounded with vivid powerful women-Amazonians alien queens slayers of monsters brilliant scientists & ethereal beings. In Firebrands: The Heroines of Science Fiction & Fantasy Ron Miller s portraits evoke a colorful pictorial history of these multi-faceted heroines while Pamela Sargent s incisive text provides an absorbing analysis from the beginnings of the genre to the present day. Notable female figures covered in this book include H. G. Wells s Weena Edgar Rice Burroughs s Dian the Beautiful R. Milnikov s Veronica Cody Peter S. Beagle s Lady Amalthea & Isaac Asimov s Dr. Susan Calvin. Ron Miller is an artist & author specializing in the creation of illustrations for books & magazines about science fiction & astronomy. He has published almost twenty books & has been a production illustrator for several motion pictures notably Total Recall & Dune. Pamela Sargent is a world-renowned science fiction writer whose works have been translated into eleven languages. She is described by the Washington Post as one of the genre s best writers & has published numerous books including Cloned Lives The Golden Space The Alien Upstairs Venus of Dreams Venus of Shadows Alien Child & The Shore of Women. Contributors: Ron Miller and Pamela Sargent
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