Original Criticism

• Alien to Femininity: Speculative Fiction and Feminist Theory (1987)
• Feminist Fabulation: Space/Postmodern Fiction (1992)
• Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond (1993)
• Genre Fission: A New Discourse Practice for Cultural Studies (2000)

Edited Works of Criticism

• Future Females: A Critical Anthology (1981) (editor)
• Future Females, The Next Generation: New Voices and Velocities in Feminist Science Fiction Criticism (2000) (editor)
• Envisioning the Future: Science Fiction and the Next Millennium (2003) (editor)
• Reading Science Fiction (2009) (co-editor, with James Gunn and Matthew Candelaria)

Fiction

• Oy Pioneer! (novel; 2003)

• Fulbright lectureship, University of Dortmund, Germany (2006)
• Distinguished Scholar grant, Japan (2000)
• Fulbright lectureship, University of Tübingen, Germany (1989—1990)
• Fulbright lectureship to the University of Düsseldorf, Germany (1983—84)
• Pilgrim Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction criticism (1997) Science Fiction Research Association