The Country You Have Never Seen: Essays and ReviewsIn 1959, at the age of 22, Joanna Russ published her first science fiction story, "Nor Custom Stale," in The Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy. In the forty-five years since, Russ has continued to write some of the most popular, creative, and important novels and stories in science fiction. She was a central figure, along with contemporaries Ursula K. Le Guin and James Tiptree, in revolutionizing science fiction in the 1960s and 1970s, and her 1970 novel, The Female Man, is widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential depictions of a feminist utopia in the entire genre. The Country You Have Never Seen gathers Joanna Russ's most important essays and reviews, revealing the vital part she played over the years in the never-ending conversation among writers and fans about the roles, boundaries, and potential of science fiction. Spanning her entire career, the collection shines a light on Russ's role in the development of new wave science fiction and feminist science fiction, while at the same time providing fascinating insight into her own development as a writer. |
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Page 66
... anthologies is this quality in his introductions , for example , " Base canard is the bottom duck in a beachside pyramid of athletic French ducks " or " If trolley cars had wings , would elephants have overhead runners ? " Through the ...
... anthologies is this quality in his introductions , for example , " Base canard is the bottom duck in a beachside pyramid of athletic French ducks " or " If trolley cars had wings , would elephants have overhead runners ? " Through the ...
Page 91
... anthologies range from the fine to the awful . ( By the way , it's good to see publishing houses like Trident , Random House , and Scribners getting into science fiction . ) Anthologies " about " this or that theme are bound to be ...
... anthologies range from the fine to the awful . ( By the way , it's good to see publishing houses like Trident , Random House , and Scribners getting into science fiction . ) Anthologies " about " this or that theme are bound to be ...
Page 92
... anthologies are uneven I suspect the topic is at fault ; sex is both endlessly interesting and very hard to write about . Either writers succumb to social taboos and write hartyhars or they break the taboos and are so dazzled by the ...
... anthologies are uneven I suspect the topic is at fault ; sex is both endlessly interesting and very hard to write about . Either writers succumb to social taboos and write hartyhars or they break the taboos and are so dazzled by the ...
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Country You Have Never Seen: Science Fiction Reviews and Essays Joanna Russ No preview available - 2001 |
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