The science fiction bundle

Features Blood Line by Lynn Ward and Daughters of Frankenstein: Mad Lesbian Scientists, edited by Steve Berman. Blood Line: Lauren Pell is chief of security for the Terran station on Krhyllan, a planet wracked by ancient feuds and hatreds. When the king's young son Deran is attacked by the savage Blood Painter assassins, the feared Blood Painters, Lauren fights, schemes, defies—whatever it takes to rescue the him.Convinced she failed to save the life of her own child, she will save this one, even if revealing some secrets endangers Krhyllan itself. Daughters of Frankenstein: In the field of mad science, women have for too long been ignored, their triumphs misattributed to mere men. Society has seen the laboratory as the province of men. Jacob's Ladder electric arcs, death rays, even test tubes have phallic connotations, subliminally reinforcing the patriarchy. The mother of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, advocated that women appear more masculine to earn respect. If Marie Curie