Science fiction would be unrecognizable without women

Fantasy author Mary Robinette Kowal has been running an informal experiment over the course of her travels. Whenever she stops by an airport bookstore, she counts the books in the science fiction and fantasy sections. A year ago, she tallied up her informal survey: around 18% of the books featured in these sections were written by women.Science fiction and fantasy literature have been long dominated by male writers. Most of the genre’s classic-era authors, such as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. C