Joanna Russ Livres

This critical edition of Joanna Russ's 1980 feminist novella features an introduction by scholar Alec Pollak and includes essays by contemporary writers Jeanne Thornton and Mary Anne Mohanraj, exploring Russ's lasting impact on feminist literature. Additionally, an interview with Samuel R. Delany offers insights into his long-standing correspondence with Russ, enhancing the reader's understanding of her work and influence within the feminist literary landscape. The edition is supplemented with materials from Russ's archive, enriching the overall context.

By the author of The Female Man, a provocative survey of the forces that work against women who dare to write."Joanna Russ is a brilliant writer, a writer of real moral passion and high wit."--Adrienne Rich"A quirky, irreverent, iconoclastic, idiosyncratic piece of work. It catalogues all the various attitudinal problems and misconceptions ...that allow us to disregard or even discard the artistic productions of women. By defining these patterns so clearly and succinctly, Russ holds a mirror before us--a mirror in which we can see ourselves anew."--Annette Kolodny"A book of the most profound and original clarity. Like all clear-sighted people who look and see what has been much mystified and much lied about, Russ is quite excitingly subversive. The study of literature should never be the same again . . ."--Marge Piercy"Extraordinary and original ...feminist literary criticism rarely explores the social context in which literature is selected for posterity. This, Russ does persuasively, movingly, and in the finest of critical traditions."--Phyllis Chesler

Joanna Russ's classic essays on science fiction and feminism.

"In this second volume of a two-volume set gathering the best American science fiction from the tumultuous 1960s, R. A. Lafferty's quirky and utterly original Past Master, an unjustly neglected classic, imagines Sir Thomas More transported to the colony Astrobe in the year 2535, where he is made president of a future Utopia. In Picnic on Paradise, Joanna Russ presents her indelible heroine, Alyx, who is hired to protect a group of tourists in a hostile alien world. Samuel R. Delany's proto-cyberpunk space opera Nova, reprinted here for the first time in a text corrected by the author, combines the pacing of a revenge story with the arc of a grail-quest legend. Jack Vance's dystopian thriller Emphyrio is the coming-of-age story of Ghyl, who has been raised in a world barring the use of automation but has a strong sense of subversive individualism. The novel has been restored to the author's original text, without later editorial interventions."--Provided by publisher

Exploring the foundations of female solidarity, this book delves into the interconnectedness of shared experiences, collective thought, and decisive action. It emphasizes the power of conviction among women, highlighting how these elements foster unity and strength. Through various narratives and analyses, it showcases the significance of collaboration and support in advancing women's rights and social justice. The work serves as both a celebration and a call to action for women to stand together in their struggles and achievements.

Science fiction. A multi-dimensional explosion hurls the starship's few passengers across the galaxies and onto a barren, uncharted planet. With no technical skills and scant supplies, the survivors face a bleak end in an alien world. One brave woman holds the daring answer, but it is the most desperate one possible.

A landmark book in the fields of science fiction and feminism. Four women living in parallel worlds, each with a different gender landscape. When they begin to travel to each other's worlds each woman's preconceptions on gender and what it means to be a woman are challenged. Acclaimed as one of the essential works of science fiction and an influence on William Gibson, THE FEMALE MAN takes a look at gender roles in society and remains a work of great power.

Joanna Russ, a pioneering LGBTQIA+ writer, is celebrated in this definitive hardcover collection showcasing her influential work in speculative fiction. Notable pieces include her classic novel The Female Man, which explores gender through the journeys of four women across alternate realities, and We Who Are About To..., a critique of civilization through the lens of stranded space-tourists. The collection also features her last novel, On Strike Against God, addressing LGBTQIA+ themes, and the Complete Alyx Stories, which reinvent the sword and sorcery genre. Additionally, it includes award-winning tales like "When It Changed" and "Souls."