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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Lisa Yaszek - Professor and Associate ChairLisa Yaszek, professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Commuincation, had her new book, Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction, reviewed in “Review: Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction” by Amazing Stories.
Excerpt:
Sisters of Tomorrow makes it clear that not only have women been trying harder for at least forever, and particularly for the past century, they’ve actually accomplished quite a bit that we are not at all properly familiar with.
To put a fine point on it: reading this book will force you to confront your unconscious biases head on. The first several pages of the introduction might be more appropriately titled You Had No Idea as it relentlessly catalogs the enormous accomplishments of what it describes as at least a “16th of the sf community”:
For the full article, read here.
