num_pages: 272
description: An original anthology of stories dealing with modern science's impact on our ideas of conception, birth, and parenting from some of the most imaginative and prophetic authors in science fiction. Stories range from the humorous to the horrific, the fascinating to the far-fetched, with humanity surviving in the face of overwhelming technology as the common theme of each. A truly unique collection from science fiction's elite!Contents:Hunting mother / Sage Walker --Judith's flowers / Susan Palwick --A gift to be simple / Patricia A. McKillip --Island of the ancestor / William F. Wu --One day at Central Convenience Mall / Nina Kiriki Hoffman --Dead in the water / Jack McDevitt --Raising Jenny / Janni Lee Simner --There was an old woman / Robert Silverberg --Remailer / Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald --The leopard's garden / Constance Ash --Bouncing babies / Kara Dalkey --Of bitches born / Michael Armstrong --Doppels / Richard Parks --Daddy's world / Walter Jon Williams --
language: English
title: Not of Woman Born
titlecomplete: Not of Woman Born
genres: Short Stories, Short Story Collection, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Anthologies, Fiction
ratings_count: 80
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Anthology, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Philip K. Dick Award
publisher: Penguin Group