Daughters of Earth and Other Stories

Short stories, noveletts and novellas by Judith Merril, born Josephine JulieGrossman, including the novelette Daughters of Earth (the story which contributed to the book title), containing a plethora of female characters that challenge the traditional roles women were often relegated to in 50s science fiction. Conveys extremely positive portrayals of female scientists who are often simultaneously mothers, intrepid pioneer women willing to set off on their own, and tender relationships with men whom they happen to meet, often, of lower occupational level.

Contents:

Author's Notes: Note #1 • essay by Judith Merril

Author's Notes: Note #2 • poem by Judith Merril

Wish Upon a Star (1958) / shortstory by Judith Merril

Daughters of Earth (1952) / novella by Judith Merril

The Lonely (1963) / shortstory by Judith Merril

The Shrine of Temptation (1962) / shortstory by Judith Merril

Whoever You Are (1952) / novelette by Judith Merril

Peeping Tom (1954) / novelette by Judith Merril

In the Land of Unblind (1974) / shortfiction by Judith Merril

Homecalling (1956) / novella by Judith Merril

The Future of Happiness (1979) / shortfiction by Judith Merril

That Only a Mother (1948) / shortstory by Judith Merril

Dead Center (1954) / novelette by Judith Merril