"Out of the Void"

1929 [Siberberg, Leslie Frances] (1905-1991). “Out of the Void.” By Leslie F. Stone [pseud.]. Amazing Stories 4.5 – 6 (August – September 1929): 440-55, 544-65. Rpt. New York: Avalon Books, 1967; U.K. ed. London: Hale, 1971; and in Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction. Ed. Lisa Yaszek and Patrick B. Sharp (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2016), 27-105 with a discussion of the author on 26-27.

The first of two stories about winged people in South America that were created by an English scientist and have evolved into a substantial, well-established civilization, conflicts with the outside world, and, finally, acceptance and integration. In comparison to the men, the women are small and weak. The second story is “Women With Wings.” Illus. [Ed] Leonard. Air Wonder Stories 1.11 (May 1930): 984-1003. In it, the political geography of the world has changed substantially, primarily through consolidation, and the world is ruled by the representatives (all men) of the ten most powerful nations. “Color was of no consequence” (986). Universal language (987). Use the sun and radium for energy (988). The issue faced by the culture is that a high percentage of women are dying in childbirth. Contact is made with Venus where an amphibious race has evolved, also with wings, in which the women are dominant, and the men are weak and small. The solution for Earth is interbreeding which is successful. Female author.