@booklet {11047, title = {{\textquotedblleft}The Soma Racks{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Startling Stories }, volume = {15.1}, year = {1947}, month = {March 1947}, pages = {65-69, 93}, abstract = {

The first of eight Oona and Jick stories, a couple living in a high-tech future. Humor and satire with all the stories focusing on Oona, a supposedly typical, deferential housewife. In each story, something goes wrong with an aspect of the high-tech future, and, in most cases, Oona saves the day without Jick being aware of it. The others are \“Super Whost.\” Illus. H. W. Kiemle. Startling Stories 15.3 (July 1947): 97-102; \“Aleph Sub One.\” Uncredited illus. Startling Stories 16.4 (January 1948): 62-69. Rpt. in Science Fiction Yearbook, Number 5 (New York: Popular Library, 1971); and in New Eves: Science Fiction About Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow. Ed. Janrae Frank, Jean Stine, and Forrest J. Ackerman (Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Press, 1994), with an editors\’ note on ; \“The Dobridust.\” Illus. [Vincent] Napoli. Thrilling Wonder Stories 31.3 (February 1948): 41-46; \“The Metal Lark.\” Illus. H. W. Kiemle. Thrilling Wonder Stories 32.2 (June 1948): 71-77; \“The Rotohouse.\” Illus. Virgil Finlay. Thrilling Wonder Stories 32.3 (August 1948): 119-; \“The Himalaychalet.\” Illus. Virgil Finlay. Thrilling Wonder Stories 33.3 (February 1949): 110-14, 155; and \“The Neo-Geoduck.\” Illus. Virgil Finlay. Thrilling Wonder Stories 34.3 (August 1949): 129-136. Female author.

}, keywords = {Female author, US author}, author = {Margaret [Neeley] St. Clair (1911-95)} }