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FIREBRANDS: The Heroines of Science Fiction and Fantasy

These pages feature a special series of books dedicated to some of the greatest female protagonists
of science fiction and fantasy...

Atlantida, first published in
1920, introduces Antinea, the
ageless queen of Atlantis,
who plates her expired lovers
in gleaming metal for later
display in her macabre
museum. The novel was the
basis for at least two classic
fantasy films.

The immortal Ayesha of She,
H.Rider Haggard's classic
novel of high adventure, has
been depicted in three classic
motion pictures---most
notably played by Ursula
Andress.

Ayesha. Sixteen years
after the events related in
She, H. Rider Haggard
continues the epic saga of
the immortal beauty,
She-who-must-be-obeyed.

In Abraham Merritt's Metal
Monster, Norhala of the
Lightnings is the
super-human empress of an
empire of living metal.

C.J. Cutcliffe-Hyne's The
Lost Continent features two
remarkable women:
Phorenice, the pitiless,
beautiful ruler of a doomed
continent, and Nais, a
barbarian girl who doesn't
hesitate to face a
sabre-toothed tiger virtually
weaponless.

The Moon Colony by
William Dixon Bell features
not one but three major
female characters, including
one of the book's principle
protagonists, the
indomitable aviatrix, Joan.
Originally published in 1937.
Illustrated.