“The Screwfly Solution”

Title“The Screwfly Solution”
Year for Search1977
Authors[Sheldon], [Alice Bradley](1915-87)
Tertiary AuthorsSheldon, Raccoona [pseud.]
Secondary TitleAnalog Science Fiction Science Fact
Volume / Edition96.6
Pagination54-59, 61-70, 72-73
Date PublishedJune 1977
ISSN Number1059-2113
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

The story is about the Sons of Adam, a growing religious movement that kills women.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories. Ed. Tom Shippey (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1992), 435-53; Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology. Ed. Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer (Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2015), 83-101; in The Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse. Ed. Robert Silverberg (New York: Three Rooms Press, 2016), 287-310, with an “Editor’s Introduction” on 184-86; and in The Future is Female! More Classic Science Fiction by Women Volume 2: The 1970s. Ed. Lisa Yaszek (New York: Library of America, 2023), 291-320, with a biographical note on 465-467 and a note on the text on 486.

Pseudonym

Raccoona Sheldon [pseud.]

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

Female author (1915-87).

Full Text

1977 [Sheldon, Alice Bradley] (1915-87). “The Screwfly Solution.” Raccoona Sheldon [pseud.] Analog Science Fiction Science Fact 96.6 (June 1977): 54-59, 61-70, 72-73. Rpt. in The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories. Ed. Tom Shippey (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1992), 435-53; Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology. Ed. Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer (Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2015), 83-101; in The Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse. Ed. Robert Silverberg (New York: Three Rooms Press, 2016), 287-310, with an “Editor’s Introduction” on 184-86; and in The Future is Female! More Classic Science Fiction by Women Volume 2: The 1970s. Ed. Lisa Yaszek (New York: Library of America, 2023), 291-320, with a biographical note on 465-467 and a note on the text on 486. PSt

The story is about the Sons of Adam, a growing religious movement that kills women. Female author.