"The Conquest of Gola"
| Title | "The Conquest of Gola" |
| Year for Search | 1931 |
| Authors | [Silberberg], [Leslie Frances](1905-1991) |
| Tertiary Authors | Stone, Leslie F. [pseud.] |
| Secondary Title | Wonder Stories (Mt. Morris, IL) |
| Volume / Edition | 2.11 |
| Pagination | 1278-87 |
| Date Published | April 1931 |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | Eutopia with dystopian elements. Described at the beginning in purely eutopian terms but becomes an atypical gender-role reversal story with the women having primarily mental powers and the men from another planet having only physical and technological powers. The women expel the invaders, and their men remain subversive. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow. Ed. Janrae Frank, Jean Stine, and Forrest J. Ackerman (Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Press, 1994), 31-42 with an editors’ note on 30; in Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century. Ed. Justine Larbalestier (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2006), 36-49; in The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction. Ed. Arthur B. Evans, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., Joan Gordon, Veronica Hollinger, Rob Latham, and Carol McGuirk (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2010), 96-109 with an editors’ note on 96-97; in The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection. Ed. Ann and Jeff VanderMeer (New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Vintage Books, 2016), 99-107 with an editors’ note on 98; in The Future is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin. Ed. Lisa Yaszek (New York: Library of America, 2018), 24-43; and in “The Conquest of Gola” and Other Stories by Leslie F. Stone. Ed. Batya Weinbaum (Beau Bassim, Mauritius: JustFiction! Edition//International Book Market Service/Omniscriptum Publishing Group, 2021), 214-233-, with an editor’s note on 211-214. 978-6200496324. Additional material, including biographies, can be found at womenSF.loa.org. |
| Pseudonym | Leslie F. Stone [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | DLC, Merril, PSt |
| Author Note | Female author (1905-1991) |
| Full Text | 1931 [Silberberg, Leslie Frances] (1905-1991). “The Conquest of Gola.” By Leslie F. Stone [pseud.]. Wonder Stories (Mt. Morris, IL) 2.11 (April 1931): 1278-1287. Rpt. in New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow. Ed. Janrae Frank, Jean Stine, and Forrest J. Ackerman (Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Press, 1994), 31-42 with an editors’ note on 30; in Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century. Ed. Justine Larbalestier (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2006), 36-49; in The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction. Ed. Arthur B. Evans, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., Joan Gordon, Veronica Hollinger, Rob Latham, and Carol McGuirk (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2010), 96-109 with an editors’ note on 96-97; in The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection. Ed. Ann and Jeff VanderMeer (New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Vintage Books, 2016), 99-107 with an editors’ note on 98; in The Future is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin. Ed. Lisa Yaszek (New York: Library of America, 2018), 24-43; and in “The Conquest of Gola” and Other Stories by Leslie F. Stone. Ed. Batya Weinbaum (Beau Bassim, Mauritius: JustFiction! Edition//International Book Market Service/Omniscriptum Publishing Group, 2021), 214-233-, with an editor’s note on 211-214. 978-6200496324. Additional material, including biographies, can be found at womenSF.loa.org. DLC, Merril Eutopia with dystopian elements. Described at the beginning in purely eutopian terms but becomes an atypical gender-role reversal story with the women having primarily mental powers and the men from another planet having only physical and technological powers. The women expel the invaders, and their men remain subversive. Female author. |
