january october early science fiction writer short stories published 1920s credited woman publish stories science fiction magazines stories dealt characters borders humanity harris began publishing soon liked readers sold total stories collected away gender surprise editor bought work woman publish science fiction stories stories feature strong female characters occasionally reprinted received positive critical response including recognition pioneering role woman writer male dominated field life born january illinois later attended massachusetts married husband architect engineer served world war chief engineer iowa organizers cleveland ohio harris gave birth sons born born born died california harris wrote acclaimed works 1920s stopped writing raise educate children writing career harris published short story runaway world july issue december year submitted story contest run editor harris story fate space opera steal earth water placed harris soon popular writers harris eventually published short stories pulp magazines amazing stories published places quarterly harris short stories collected title away stories reprinted daughters earth feminist science fiction 20th century critical essay wonder years wow sense wonder science fiction wrote novel romance ancient greece harris wrote attempts classify science fiction august issue listed basic science fiction themes including space travel adventures worlds creation synthetic life critical view influence published harris short story praised writing expressing woman write good science fiction called saying prize winner prove woman surprises contest rule women good writers education general tendencies scientific matters usually limited exception usual proves rule exception case impressive years harris claimed woman science fiction writer united_states debated writing pseudonym published science fiction stories early harris recognized woman publish stories science fiction magazines harris published handful stories reprinted years miracle lily reprinted praised critics saying story won hugo award best short story award existed wrote today reader find prose old fashioned stories positively fresh provocative ideas fate reprinted number times credited early example science fiction story heroic female lead character harris stories noted featuring strong female characters airplane pilot mechanic cycle harris wrote story utilizing female point view fifth dimension harris woman published science fiction magazines embrace female characters themes recognized recent years pioneer women feminist science fiction novels romance ancient greece collections away stories short stories stories included away runaway world weird tales july fate amazing stories june certain soldier weird tales november fifth dimension december menace mars october miracle lily amazing stories april artificial man quarterly fall baby neptune december drug amazing stories evolutionary amazing stories quarterly winter cycle quarterly spring essays letter air wonder stories september letter wonder stories august
Clare Winger Harris