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Pertenece a las series editorialesLibrary of America (373) ContienePicnic en Paraíso por Joanna Russ (indirecto) The Barbarian [novelette] por Joanna Russ (indirecto) The Adventuress [short story] por Joanna Russ (indirecto) The Second Inquisition [short fiction] por Joanna Russ (indirecto)
"Rediscover one of America’s best SF writers in a definitive hardcover edition gathering all her finest work together for the first time. A LGBTQIA+ pioneer joins the Library of America series. An incandescent stylist with a dark sense of humor and a provocative feminist edge, Joanna Russ upended every genre in which she worked. The essential novels and stories gathered in this definitive Library of America edition make a case for Russ not only as an astonishing writer of speculative fiction, but, in the words of Samuel Delany, “one of the finest––and most necessary––writers of American fiction” period. Here is her now-classic novel The Female Man (1975), in which four remarkable women––Jeannine, Janet, Joanna, and Jael––traverse alternate histories and parallel worlds (including the brilliantly imagined all-female utopia, Whileaway) in a multi-voiced, multidimensional voyage that continues to alter readers’ sense of gender and reality. We Who Are About To … (1977), recounting the fate of a misfit band of space-tourists stranded on an alien world, challenges “golden age” expectations about civilization, in what becomes an allegorical thriller. In On Strike Against God (1980), her incisive, darkly comic, and ultimately joyous final novel, Russ returns to Earth to explore LGBTQIA+ and feminist themes and the unfamiliar territory of “coming out” and lesbian romance. Russ’s “Complete Alyx Stories”––which feature her inimitably sly, resilient, and stone-cold heroine Alyx, who is plucked from a life of petty crime in ancient Phoenicia to serve as adventurer-for-hire for the Trans-Temporal Authority, and which reinvent the sword and sorcery genre for a postmodern era––are presented in their entirety here for the first time, and newly restored to print. Also included are her unforgettable tales “When It Changed” and “Souls,” the former a 1973 Nebula Award winner and the latter the recipient of the 1983 Hugo and Locus Awards." -- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I was pleased to see that A Game of Vlet was included with the other Alyx stories, the copy of The Adventures of Alyx that I have doesn't include it. Admittedly, I don't know if later editions include it.
Russ wasn't just a great science fiction writer, she pioneered feminist science fiction criticism, and her critical works are every bit as interesting as her fiction.
I would highly recommend this to any fans of science fiction, especially speculative science fiction. Whether this serves as an introduction or a handy volume because you might no longer have some of her work, it will be an excellent addition to your library.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley. ( )