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Voices Seldom Heard

by Issue Editor Isaac Bell If you're reading this, then you're a member of a minority. You're a fan of science fiction, or fantasy, or speculative fiction in general (and just knowing the latter term marks you as a member of an even smaller group). Despite the wide popularity of shows and movies we might claim [...]

2019-10-24T15:45:26-05:00June 11th, 2013|Featured, Issue #2, Meta-Narrative, Per Aspera|3 Comments

The Leaky Pipeline: Where are the Women in Science Fiction?

By Scholarly Editor Kathy Kitts Yearly from 2010, VIDA, a women in literary arts organization, has conducted a study on how women fare versus men in publishing. They totaled the number of female and male literary reviewers, reviews and bylines in approximately fifteen of the major literary venues from the Boston Review to The Times Literary Supplement. What they discovered is that men publish more than women nearly two to one.

2019-10-24T15:45:26-05:00June 11th, 2013|Featured, Issue #2, Meta-Narrative, Per Aspera|11 Comments

Inertia and the Paper Ceiling

By Fiction Editor Douglas McKinney Authors generally don’t need to be told how hard it is to get published. They have the rejection letters to prove it, after all. Even bestselling authors needed that first big break to get noticed. The second issue of James Gunn’s Ad Astra showcases fiction from three women this time [...]

2019-10-24T15:45:26-05:00June 11th, 2013|Featured, Issue #2, Meta-Narrative, Per Aspera|2 Comments
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