THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF SF STORIES BY WOMEN Edited by Alex Dally MacFarlane for/m

[james_davis_nicoll]

Table of Contents (and Cover): THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF SF STORIES BY WOMEN Edited by Alex Dally MacFarlane

            Total     Female    Male  Mu  f/t
TOC          33         33       0        1.0
Cover art                        1        0.0  
Total        34         33       1        .97

Comments

[sinboy.livejournal.com]

It really would not surprise me at all if the publisher used that book as a shield to tell critics "look, I did this one book, so I care about feminism and you can't criticize me ever again".

Or maybe he's learned something and will try for more diversity.

[oldcharliebrown.livejournal.com]

Possibly, though I'm sure that this fact was behind some of their thoughts: that one of the bestselling Mammoths in recent history was The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women. So there is that, though this path is certainly problematic, but it's the project she was handed. My hope is that it succeeds and that she's allowed to edit more, as there aren't that many female commercial editors. I can count them on one hand, essentially.