![]() ![]() In her introduction, Bradley paraphrased an earlier science fiction editor who spoke to prospective writers. She talked about how the first volume contained stories about women proving themselves in sexist fantasy worlds, of women earning the right to be a warrior or wizard. It was her introduction to a later volume that changed my life. I felt her work as a editor was vastly superior to her writing. I was never a fan of her work at the time, although I ended up reading a great deal of it. The first volume began with an introduction, The Heroic Image of Women: Woman as Wizard and Warrior by editor Marion Zimmer Bradley.* She was and remains a big name in 1980s fantasy literature. It began in 1984 and ran for 30 volumes through 2015. In the 1980s, there was an anthology series called Sword and Sorceress. So let me provide some context for my perspective. Much like Psycho-Pass, my brain has to work through the trauma of experiencing someone else’s trauma third-hand. There will be sleep lost for a few days while I deal with it. I have many thoughts about this book, some good, some bad. It was not a good evening to finish J K Haru. Last night I had to call 911 because a man was beating a woman outside my house. ![]()
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