Education
University of Toronto. Carleton University.
University of Toronto. Carleton University.
Wood discovered science fiction fandom while she was studying at Carleton University in the 1960s. Wood met fellow fan Mike Glicksohn of Toronto at Boskone VI in 1969. Wood and Glicksohn were co-guests of honor at the 1975 World Science Fiction Convention.
Wood published a great deal of trenchant criticism of the field, both in fanzines and in more formal venues.
In 1976 she was instrumental in organizing the first feminist panel at a science fiction convention, at MidAmericon (that year"s WorldCon). The reaction to this helped lead to the founding of A Women"s APA and of WisCon.
Wood earned a Bachelor of Arts (1969) and an Master of Arts (1970) from Carleton University and a Doctor of Philosophy (1975) from the University of Toronto. She was the Vancouver editor of the Pacific Northwest Review of Books (January-October 1978) and also edited the special science fiction/fantasy issue of Room of One"s Own.
She wrote numerous articles and book reviews that were published in books and academic journals, while continuing to write for fanzines.
While teaching courses in science fiction at University of British Columbia, one of her students was William Gibson. His first published story, "Fragments of a Hologram Rose", was originally written as an assignment in the class. A memorial scholarship fund at Carleton University was established after her death, funded in part by donations from science fiction fandom (and from the sale of parts of her collection of science fiction art).
Archives of some of Wood"s papers are available in the library of the University of British Columbia.