Zenna's People and Pauline's Lizzie (episode 45 of the podcast)

The first women to appear (as "soloists") on the ballot for science fiction's Hugo Awards were Zenna Henderson and Pauline Ashwell, in 1959. (Catherine L. Moore had appeared on an earlier ballot, but for a collaboration with Henry Kuttner.)

Fearing that Henderson and Ashwell might be drifting into obscurity, Colin and Phil set out to review their Hugo-nominated novelettes, both of which can be read online for free:

• Zenna Henderson's "Captivity"
  
• Pauline Ashwell's "Unwillingly to School"

Other items mentioned on the show include:

• Jules Verne, covered on Emmanuel Dubois's La Fayette, We Are Here! podcast
  
• Classic of Science Fiction blog
  
• Classics of Science Fiction database of short stories etc
  
• Analysis of women and men in the Hugo Awards
  
• Shenanigans in the Hugo Award ballot, thankfully nipped in the bud!
  
• Doctor Who meets Star Trek? If you want it, it's yours!
• Zenna Henderson's "People" stories are all collected in the book Ingathering (Amazon US link / Amazon UK link)
• Pauline Ashwell's "Lysistrata" stories are all in Unwillingly to Earth (Amazon US link / Amazon UK link)
  

 

We also have the obligatory fiendish sci-fi quiz, and our usual round-up of recommendations of past/present/future SF.

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