Today, January 22, is the birthday of Katheirne MacLean (1925-2019). She was most active during the 1950s, although she continued to publish occasionally up through the late 1990s.

What’s that, you say? You didn’t know women wrote science fiction back in those days? I thought I’d dealt with that myth already.

I’ve not read much of her work, just a few stories in anthologies,mostly in high school or undergrad. She specialized in anthropological science fiction. Let’s look at one of her stories. Continue reading →