Did You Say Chicks?!
Appearance
![]() Cover of first edition. | |
Author | Edited by Esther Friesner |
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Cover artist | Larry Elmore |
Language | English |
Series | Chicks in Chainmail |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Baen Books |
Publication date | 1998 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 309 pp. |
ISBN | 0-671-87867-0 |
OCLC | 38276235 |
Preceded by | Chicks in Chainmail |
Followed by | Chicks 'n Chained Males |
Did You Say Chicks?! is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Esther Friesner, with a cover by Larry Elmore.[1] It consists of works featuring female protagonists by (mostly) female authors. It was first published in paperback by Baen Books in February 1998. It was the second of a number of similarly themed anthologies edited by Friesner.
The book collects 19 short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Friesner and a section of notes about the authors.
Contents
[edit]- "Introduction" (Esther Friesner)
- "No Pain, No Gain" (Elizabeth Moon)
- "Slue-Foot Sue and the Witch in the Woods" (Laura Frankos)
- "A Young Swordswoman's Garden Primer" (Sarah Zettel)
- "The Old Fire" (Jody Lynn Nye)
- "Like No Business I Know" (Mark Bourne)
- "A Bone to Pick" (Marina Frants and Keith R. A. DeCandido)
- "The Attack of the Avenging Virgins" (Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
- "Oh, Sweet Goodnight!" (Christina Briley and Walter Vance Awsten)
- "A Bitch in Time" (Doranna Durgin)
- "Don't You Want to Be Beautiful?" (Laura Anne Gilman)
- "A Night with the Girls" (Barbara Hambly)
- "A Quiet Knight's Reading" (Steven Piziks)
- "Armor Propre" (Jan Stirling and S. M. Stirling)
- "A Big Hand for the Little Lady" (Esther Friesner)
- "Blade Runner" (K. D. Wentworth)
- "Keeping Up Appearances" (Lawrence Watt-Evans)
- "La Différence" (Harry Turtledove)
- "Tales from the Slushpile" (Margaret Ball)
- "Yes, We Did Say Chicks!" (Adam-Troy Castro)
- "About the Authors" (uncredited)
References
[edit]- ^ "Fantastic Fiction.com: Did You Say Chicks?! by Esther Friesner". www.fantasticfiction.com.
External links
[edit]- Did You Say Chicks?! publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database