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No Woman Born is a utopian story from 1944, written by American feminist C. L. Moore. The book describes a former singing superstar, turned robot after a fire accident. The story touches on many feminist themes and discusses problems that could occur with science fiction technology.
Sep 6, 2018 · “No Woman Born” first appeared in the December 1944 issue of Astounding Science-Fiction, a time when few women were writing science fiction. Catherine Lucille Moore did not use her initials to hide her gender, but to hide her writing career from her employer.
Apr 17, 2018 · A review of a sci-fi novella by C.L. Moore about a famous actress who is brought back to life in a robotic body. The review praises the characterization, the psychological insight, and the speculative concept of the story.
Mar 5, 2020 · “No Woman Born” is an excellent updating of the Frankenstein story and probably the best story published in Astounding Science Fiction in 1944, though “Desertion” by Clifford D. Simak is excellent as well.
"No Woman Born," a short story by C. L. Moore published during the Golden Age of science fiction, further advances the Frankenstein tradition by casting the created being as a posthuman with an already-established identity.
A lovely story - fantastically dated and infused with 1940's sexism, even from a woman author, but absolutely beautifully written. It was a pleasure to read, and explored some really fascinating ideas with such precision and control at every moment.
"No Woman Born," first published in Astounding Science Fiction in 1944, is certainly one of the best sf stories of the 1940s and just as certainly the best feminist sf story of that decade and perhaps for nearly the next two decades as well--its first rivals are stories that begin to emerge in the late '60s and early '70s by writers like Pamela ...
