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 47
... Readers are timid , so the book is very slow ; readers want value for money , so the book is very long ; readers have no background , so the book avoids explaining anything technical ; readers are not literate , so the style is simple ; ...
... Readers are timid , so the book is very slow ; readers want value for money , so the book is very long ; readers have no background , so the book avoids explaining anything technical ; readers are not literate , so the style is simple ; ...
Page 174
... readers as abrasively unpleasant . In part Song compensates with comedy ; in part Disch simply doesn't care to gum up his art with the karo syrup of conventional sympathy . When one's subject is the art of survival as practiced in ...
... readers as abrasively unpleasant . In part Song compensates with comedy ; in part Disch simply doesn't care to gum up his art with the karo syrup of conventional sympathy . When one's subject is the art of survival as practiced in ...
Page 209
... readers of science fiction are male and most of them are young ; people seem to quit reading the stuff in their middle twenties and the hard - core readers who form fan clubs and go to conventions are even younger and even more likely ...
... readers of science fiction are male and most of them are young ; people seem to quit reading the stuff in their middle twenties and the hard - core readers who form fan clubs and go to conventions are even younger and even more likely ...
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Country You Have Never Seen: Science Fiction Reviews and Essays Joanna Russ No preview available - 2001 |
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