Pamela Sargent


Pamela Sargent is an American feminist, science fiction author, and editor. She has an MA in classical philosophy and has won a Nebula Award.
Sargent wrote a series of books concerning the terraforming of Venus that is sometimes compared to Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, but predates it. She also edited various anthologies to celebrate the contributions of women in the history of science fiction. She is noted for writing alternate history stories. She also collaborated with George Zebrowski on four Star Trek novels.

Personal life

Pamela Sargent was born in Ithaca, New York, and raised as an atheist. She attended the State University of New York at Binghamton, attaining a master's degree in philosophy. She currently lives in Albany, New York.

Seed Trilogy

  1. Earthseed
  2. Farseed
  3. Seed Seeker

    Venus

  4. Venus of Dreams
  5. Venus of Shadows
  6. Child of Venus

    Watchstar

  7. Watchstar
  8. Eye of the Comet
  9. Homesmind

    Novels

All co-written with George Zebrowski

Based on ''[Star Trek: The Original Series]'' television series

Women of Wonder series

In 1993, Pamela Sargent won the Nebula Award for Best Novelette published in 1992, for "Danny Goes to Mars". This novelette originally appeared in Asimov's magazine in October 1992.
In 2012, Sargent won the Pilgrim Award for lifetime contributions to SF/F studies.