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Review: The Adventures of Alyx

User Review  - Derek - Goodreads

Alyx, her personal history, and her adventures all stubbornly refuse to be pigeonholed. She is not the stereotype of a sword-and-sorcery hero and not that stereotype's inversion, and her history ... Read full review

Review: Adventures of Alyx

User Review  - Ape - Goodreads

2010 bookcrossing review: Well, hurah, I have finally gotten around to reading this book. I've just finished it, and to be honest, my initial thought is, what on earth was that all about? This is ... Read full review

Review: The Adventures of Alyx

User Review  - Anna Anthropy - Goodreads

i encountered this book by way of faffhhd and the grey mouser, which is one of those sword and sorcery barbarian stories. this begins as one of those sword and sorcery barbarian stories. but while ... Read full review

Review: The Adventures of Alyx

User Review  - Sc - Goodreads

• Bluestocking. 1967. = The Adventuress• I Thought She Was Afeard Till She Stroked My Beard. 1967. = I Gave Her Sack and Sherry• The Barbarian. 1968 • Picnic on Paradise. 1968 • The Second Inquisition. 1970 Read full review

Review: The Adventures of Alyx

User Review  - Jamie Pierson - Goodreads

As eager as I was to read this book, outspoken feminist author with a female protagonist, I couldn't get over the weird 70s overly vague and twisted writing style. I'll try something else by her. Why all the girls gotta write so strangely? Ursula K. LeGuin does it too. Sigh. Read full review

Review: The Adventures of Alyx

User Review  - Tamahome - Goodreads

Got it in the mail from amazon. I guess 'like new' means a dented cover and yellowed paper, but what do you want for five bucks. Read full review

Review: The Adventures of Alyx

User Review  - Justin Howe - Goodreads

Very enjoyable fantasy/science fiction featuring a female character in the Fritz Leiber tradition. Recommended. Read full review

Review: The Adventures of Alyx

User Review  - Russ - Goodreads

4 short stories and a novella make up this uneven collection by an unjustly ignored feminist sci-fi author. Read full review

Review: The Adventures of Alyx

User Review  - Cécile Cristofari - Goodreads

Not bad, but the essential credit I give this book is for the influence it had on Delany's Neveryon series, a true masterpiece we are lucky to have. A couple of good points, otherwise: the ideas are ... Read full review

Review: The Adventures of Alyx

User Review  - Pär - Goodreads

Karen and I named our domain, alyx.com, after this book. Enough said. Read full review

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