Millennial Women

Millennial Women is a 1978 science fiction anthology, edited by Virginia Kidd, in which all the stories are written by women and have a female character as the primary protagonist. The themes which these stories have in common are those of social science fiction: that which is perceived as alien, the uses of language, careers, familial relationships, sexual politics, social constructions of gender, political freedom and equality.

Contents

 * "Prayer for My Daughter" by Marilyn Hacker (prefatory poem)
 * "Introduction" by Virginia Kidd
 * "No One Said Forever" by Cynthia Felice (short story)
 * "The Song of N'Sardi-El" by Diana L. Paxson (short story)
 * "Jubilee's Story" by Elizabeth A. Lynn (short story)
 * "Mab Gallen Recalled" by Cherry Wilder (short story)
 * "Phoenix in the Ashes" by Joan D. Vinge (novelette)
 * "The Eye of the Heron" by Ursula K. Le Guin (novella)
 * Biographical Notes (not included in all editions).

Awards and nominations

 * 1979, Locus Award, Best SF Anthology category, 12th place.

Release details

 * 1978, Millennial Women, edited by Virginia Kidd, U.S., Delacorte Press (Dell Publishing), ISBN 0-440-05599-7, ISBN 978-0-440-05599-0, pp. 305, 1978, hardcover
 * 1979, Millennial Women, edited by Virginia Kidd, U.S., Dell Publishing, ISBN 0-440-16301-3, ISBN 978-0-440-16301-5, April 1979, softcover
 * 1980, The Eye of the Heron and Other Stories, edited by Virginia Kidd, UK, Panther Books (Granada Publishing), ISBN 0-586-05089-2, pp. 251, 5 June 1980, softcover