Alice Sheldon, one of Washington’s two supremely influential sf writers. Moore (creator of the sexy and formidable warrior Jirel of Joiry), as well as Katherine Maclean, Judith Merril, Anne McCaffrey and James Tiptree Jr., a.k.a. Contrary to a present-day misperception, the genre - while overwhelmingly a boys club - didn’t post a sign on its treehouse reading “No Girls Allowed.” Nevala-Lee lists just some of the distinguished female writers that Campbell published, among them Leigh Brackett (who mentored the young Ray Bradbury and at the end of her career scripted “ The Empire Strikes Back van Vogt’s “Slan” and Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy. New fans were expected to know such influential works as Robert Heinlein’s Future History stories, A.E. Until recently, science fiction took particular pride in its past.
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