Candace G. (Ogre) reviewed on 7/3/2017 + 1568 more book reviews

From back cover:
NOT OF WOMAN BORN is an anthology of 14 SF stories about high-tech reproduction. â "Where did I come from?" is becoming a multiple-choice question. Extra-uterine, cloned, and bio-engineered human reproduction is right around the corner. Science Fiction has always been drawn to this edge of human evolution, celebrating, admonishing- and sometimes even prophesying- our tentative steps towards artificial reproduction.

Here, sprung from the minds of the masters, is a varied and rich collection of stories tackling the controversial issue of reproductive alternatives- and the futures that such choices may bring...
â Introduction â Constance Ash
â Hunting Mother â Sage Walker
â Judith's Flowers â Susan Palwick
â A Gift to Be Simple â Patricia A. McKillip
â Island of the Ancestor â William F. Wu
â One Day at Central Convenience Mall â Nina Kiriki Hoffman
â Dead in the Water â Jack McDevitt
â Raising Jenny â Janni Lee Simner
â There Was an Old Woman â Robert Silverberg
â Remailer â James D. MacDonald
â The Leopard's Garden â Constance Ash
â Bouncing Babies â Kara Dalkey
â Of Bitches Born â Michael Armstrong
â Doppels â Richard Parks
â Daddy's World â Walter Jon Williams
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Besides all that, NOT OF WOMAN BORN is a collection of damned good stories!

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