Joanna Russ

Experimental, strange, and unabashedly feminist, Joanna Russ's groundbreaking science fiction grew out of a belief that the genre was ideal for expressing radical thought. Her essays and criticism, meanwhile, helped shape the field and still exercise a powerful influence in both SF and feminist literary studies.Award-winning author and critic Gwyneth Jones offers a new appraisal of Russ's work and ideas. After years working in male-dominated SF, Russ emerged in the late 1960s with Alyx, the uber-capable can-do heroine at the heart of Picnic on Paradise and other popular stories and books. Soon, Russ's fearless embrace of gender politics and life as an out lesbian made her a target for male outrage while feminist classics like The Female Man and The Two of Them took SF in innovative new directions. Jones also delves into Russ's longtime work as a critic of figures as diverse as Lovecraft and Cather, her foundational place in feminist fandom, important essays like "Amor Vincit Foeminam," and her career in academia.

Experimentala, ciudata si feminista descurcata, science-fiction-ul revolutionar al Joannei Russ a aparut dintr-o convingere ca genul este ideal pentru exprimarea gandirii radicale. Intre timp, eseurile si criticile sale au contribuit la modelarea domeniului si exercita inca o influenta puternica atat in SF, cat si in studiile literare feministe. Autorul si criticul premiat Gwyneth Jones ofera o noua evaluare a operei si ideilor lui Russ.