As awards season is upon us, I’d like to bring one work to the attention of those of you who reviewing non-fiction pieces for the Hugo Awards Best Related Work Category.
Please consider Women’s Space: Essays on Female Characters in the 21st Century Science Fiction Western for the Best Related Work category. Women’s Space is a collection of non-fiction essays analyzing female agency in science fiction and space westerns, and it was published in July 2019 by McFarland and edited by Melanie A Marotta. The essays examine agency and gender roles in Star Wars, Westworld, Mass Effect, Fringe, The 100, Guardians of the Galaxy, cyberpunk, Becky Chambers’s and Nnedi Okorafor’s work, Elizabeth Bear’s Karen Memory, and more.
Thank you for your consideration!