Pamela Sargent

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Pamela Sargent (born March 20, 1948 in Ithaca (City, New York) ) is an American feminist , science fiction writer and editor.

life and work

Pamela Sargent was born in Ithaca and grew up an atheist .

"The Old Testament's full of good stories, my personal favorites being those of David and Esther. I never could get into the New Testament. "

“The Old Testament is full of good stories, my personal favorites are David and Esther. I don't deal with the New Testament at all. "

She attended the State University of New York at Binghamton, which she completed with a master's degree in philosophy. She currently lives in Albany, New York.

She wrote a series of books on terraforming on Venus that has been compared to Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, but Sargent published her books beforehand. In her work she also deals with alternative world stories and many other topics in science fiction literature.

As an editor, she primarily published anthologies by women to cement the role of female authors in the history of science fiction, including Judith Merril , Marion Zimmer Bradley , Kate Wilhelm, and Ursula K. Le Guin .

Awards

bibliography

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Earthminds / Watchstar trilogy
  • 1 Watchstar (1980)
  • 2 Eye of the Comet (1984)
  • 3 Homesmind (1984)
Seed trilogy
  • 1 Earthseed (1983)
  • 2 Farseed (2007)
  • 3 Seed Seeker (2010)
Venus trilogy
  • 1 Venus of Dreams (1986)
  • 2 Venus of Shadows (1988)
  • 3 Child of Venus (2001)
Single novels
  • Cloned Lives (1976)
    • English: The Bio-Bomb. Translated by Tony Westermayr. Goldmann Science Fiction # 23337, 1980, ISBN 3-442-23337-2 . Also in: Frankenstein's New Children: Artificial Creatures of a New Science. Goldmann # 23502, 1987, ISBN 3-442-23502-2 .
  • The Sudden Star (1979, also as The White Death )
  • The Alien Upstairs (1983)
  • The Shore of Women (1986)
    • German: The bank of women. Translated by Irene Bonhorst. Heyne-Science-Fiction & Fantasy # 5060, 1993, ISBN 3-453-06632-4 .
  • Alien Child (1988)
  • Ruler of the sky (1991, historical novel)
  • A Fury Scorned (1996, Star Trek: The Next Generation , tie-in with George Zebrowski)
    • German: Mocked anger. Translated by Uwe Anton. Heyne-Science-Fiction & Fantasy # 5756, 2000, ISBN 3-453-16189-0 .
  • Heart of the Sun (1997, Star Trek: The Original Series , tie-in with George Zebrowski)
  • Climb the Wind (1998)
  • Across the Universe (1999, Star Trek: The Original Series , tie-in with George Zebrowski)
  • Garth of Izar (2003, Star Trek: The Original Series , tie-in with George Zebrowski)
  • Season of the Cats (2015)
Collections
  • Starshadows (1977)
  • The Golden Space (1982)
  • The Best of Pamela Sargent (1987)
  • The Mountain Cage and Other Stories (2002)
  • Behind the Eyes of Dreamers and Other Short Novels (2002)
  • Eye of Flame: Fantasies (2003)
  • Thumbprints (2004)
  • Dream of Venus and Other Science Fiction Stories (2012)
  • Puss in DC and Other Stories (2015)
Short stories
  • Landed Minority (1970)
  • Oasis (1971)
  • July 204 (1972)
  • The Other Perceiver (1972)
    • German: Oskar. In: Terry Carr (Ed.): Die Zeitfalle. Pabel (Terra Paperback # 247), 1974.
  • Gather Blue Roses (1972)
    • English: The blue rose loneliness. In: René Oth (ed.): When everything was different. Luchterhand (Luchterhand Collection # 530), 1985, ISBN 3-472-61530-3 .
    • German: Wounds. In: James Gunn (ed.): From Lem to Varley. Heyne (Library of Science Fiction Literature # 98), 1993, ISBN 3-453-05798-8 .
  • A Sense of Difference (1972)
  • Clone Sister (1973)
    • German: Clone Sister. In: Josh Pachter (ed.): Top Science Fiction: Part Two. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4517), 1988, ISBN 3-453-02774-4 .
  • Matthew (1973)
  • IMT (1973)
  • Aunt Elvira's Zoo (1974)
  • Friend from the Stars (1974)
  • Shadows (1974)
  • The Invisible Girl (1974)
  • If Ever I Should Leave You (1974)
    • German: If I ever leave you. In: Pamela Sargent, Ian Watson (eds.): The undiscovered land. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special # 24112), 1988, ISBN 3-404-24112-6 .
  • Father (1974)
  • Desert Places (1974)
  • Bond and Free (1974)
  • Darkness of Day (1974, The Night of the Storm # 3, with George Zebrowski)
  • Weapons (1975, with George Zebrowski)
  • Exile (1975)
  • The Novella Race (1978)
  • The Renewal (1978)
  • TPM [Croatian] (1981)
  • The Summer's Dust (1981)
  • Out of Place (1981)
  • The Golden Space (1982)
  • The Loop of Creation (1982)
  • Unguided Days (1982)
  • The Broken Hoop (1982)
  • The Shrine (1982)
  • The Mountain Cage (1983)
  • The Falling (1983, with George Zebrowski)
  • The Old Darkness (1983)
    • German: The old darkness. In: Edward L. Ferman, Anne Jordan (eds.): The best horror stories. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Horror # 1835), 1989, ISBN 3-426-01835-7 .
  • Heavenly Flowers (1983)
    • German: Flowers in Heaven. In: Shawna McCarthy (ed.): Isaac Asimov's Weltraum-Frauen 2. Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31129), 1986, ISBN 3-548-31129-6 .
  • Shrinker (1983)
  • Fears (1984)
  • Originals (1985)
  • The Soul's Shadow (1986)
  • The Leash (1987)
  • The Human Shore (1989)
  • Strip-Runner (1989, Foundation Universe: The Positronic Robot Stories )
  • Behind the Eyes of Dreamers (1990)
  • The Sleeping Serpent (1992)
  • Danny Goes to Mars (1992)
    • English: Danny flies to Mars. In: Friedel Wahren (Ed.): Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 41st episode. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5018), 1993, ISBN 3-453-06599-9 .
  • Diana and the Djinn (1993)
  • Outside the Windows (1993)
  • All Rights (1994)
  • Big Roots (1994)
  • Climb the Wind (1994)
  • It's What You Need (1994)
  • Dead and Naked (1995)
  • Amphibians (1995)
    • German: Amphibians. In: Friedel Wahren (Ed.): Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazin 46th episode. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5373), 1995, ISBN 3-453-09438-7 .
  • Wrestler (1995)
  • Erdeni's Tiger (1995)
  • Collectors (1996)
  • Eye of Flame (1996)
  • Isles (1996)
  • Hillary Orbits Venus (1999)
  • Common Mind (2000)
  • Dream of Venus (2000)
  • Too Many Memories (2000)
  • Utmost Bones (2003)
  • Venus Flowers at Night (2004)
  • Follow the Sky (2004)
  • Spirit Brother (2004)
  • Puss in DC (2004)
  • Thumbprints (2004)
  • Not Alone (2006)
  • After I Stopped Screaming (2006)
  • The Drowned Father (2006)
  • A Smaller Government (2007)
  • The Rotator (2008)
  • Mindband (2010)
  • The True Darkness (2011)
  • Strawberry Birdies (2011)
  • Monuments (2016)
Non-fiction
  • Firebrands: The Heroines of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1998, with Ron Miller)
Women of Wonder (anthology series)
  • Women of Wonder (1975)
  • More Women of Wonder (1976)
  • The New Women of Wonder (1978)
  • Women of Wonder: The Classic Years (1995)
  • Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years (1995)
Nebula Awards (Anthology Series)
  • Nebula Awards 29 (1995)
  • Nebula Awards 30 (1996)
  • Nebula Awards 31 (1997)
Single anthologies
  • Bio-Futures (1976)
  • Afterlives (1986, with Ian Watson)
    • German: The undiscovered land. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special # 24112), 1988, ISBN 3-404-24112-6 .
  • Conqueror Fantastic (2004)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview by Engel-Cox, NOVA Express fanzine, Volume 3, Number 3 (11), Winter 1991.
personal data
SURNAME Sargent, Pamela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Ithaca, New York, United States