We Who Are About To . . .One woman resists the demands of her fellow stranded survivors on an inhospitable planet in this “elegant and electric . . . tour-de-force” (Samuel R. Delany). In this stunning and boldly imagined novel, an explosion leaves the passengers of a starship marooned on a barren alien planet. Despite only a slim chance for survival, most of the strangers are determined to colonize their new home. But the civilization they hoped for rapidly descends into a harsh microcosm of a male-dominated society, with the females in the group relegated to the subservient position of baby-makers. One holdout wants to accept her fate realistically and prepare for death. But her desperate fellow survivors have no intention of honoring her individual right to choose. They’re prepared to force her to submit to their plan for reproduction—which will prove to be a grave mistake . . . In Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Joanna Russ’s trailblazing body of work, “her genius flows and convinces, shames and alarms” (The Washington Post). |
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... feminists . " -Marilyn Hacker ... " Fine science fiction , a challenging sexual polemic , and a wittily , economically constructed novel . " -Kirkus Reviews And Chaos Died " Many novels have dealt speculatively with psi - phenomena ...
... feminists . " -Marilyn Hacker ... " Fine science fiction , a challenging sexual polemic , and a wittily , economically constructed novel . " -Kirkus Reviews And Chaos Died " Many novels have dealt speculatively with psi - phenomena ...
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... feminism What Are We Fighting For ? Sex , Race , Class , and the Future of Feminism . Between these dates fall six novels - seven if we count her children's book Kittatinny : A Tale of Magic ( 1978 ) . Six are either science fiction or ...
... feminism What Are We Fighting For ? Sex , Race , Class , and the Future of Feminism . Between these dates fall six novels - seven if we count her children's book Kittatinny : A Tale of Magic ( 1978 ) . Six are either science fiction or ...
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... feminism—or that, somehow, her work “goes beyond it” or engages it only accidentally. Feminism plays a role in Russ similar to the one Marxism plays in the theatrical works of Brecht. Indeed, another reason Russ's work may have escaped ...
... feminism—or that, somehow, her work “goes beyond it” or engages it only accidentally. Feminism plays a role in Russ similar to the one Marxism plays in the theatrical works of Brecht. Indeed, another reason Russ's work may have escaped ...
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... feminist vision . Whether the four anonymous duels fought - in The Female Man , certainly and deservedly Russ's best - known novel to date - by Janet on Whileaway ( " I've killed four times " ) or her hunting down and mudering of the ...
... feminist vision . Whether the four anonymous duels fought - in The Female Man , certainly and deservedly Russ's best - known novel to date - by Janet on Whileaway ( " I've killed four times " ) or her hunting down and mudering of the ...
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... Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment ( 1997 ) , Jane Gallop gives a portrait of Russ from a year , 1971 , when ... feminists , an early leader in the national movement for women's studies , a published writer over six feet tall , this ...
... Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment ( 1997 ) , Jane Gallop gives a portrait of Russ from a year , 1971 , when ... feminists , an early leader in the national movement for women's studies , a published writer over six feet tall , this ...
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