by Emily Brontë, C.J. Cherryh, Elizabeth A. Lynn, Janet Fox, Megan Lindholm, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Margaret St. Clair, Charles R. Saunders, T.J. Morgan, Janrae Frank, Michele Belling, Josephone Saxton, Tanith Lee, Andre Norton
This collection of 13 fantasy stories centered on female heroes was groundbreaking in 1979 when it was published. I loved it when I discovered it in my teens--pre-Buffy, there were few stories of adventure with strong female heroines. This held up well. Indeed, the only story I didn't enjoy at all w...
This was a pretty good anthology; the stories ranged from great to mediocre, but it was one of the first of its kind. Today there are lots and lots of strong female heroines even in the S&S genre, but at the time this anthology came out, they were still pretty rare (Red Sonja aside).
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