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| Names        = Alyx
| Species = Human
| Occupation = Thief, assassin
| Works        =  ''[[The Adventures of Alyx]]''
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'''Alyx''' is the eponymous protagonist of [[Joanna Russ]]' ''[[The Adventures of Alyx]]'', a collection of stories.  
'''Alyx''' is the eponymous protagonist of [[Joanna Russ]]' ''[[The Adventures of Alyx]]'', a collection of stories.  


She is a smart, tough woman, a thief and assassin, sensual, intelligent and not beautiful. With Alyx, Russ deliberately countered prevailing gender stereotypes in SF and in her own writing she has said that Alyx was a breakthrough for her.<ref>{{fact}}</ref>
She is a smart, tough woman, a thief and assassin, sensual, intelligent and not beautiful. With Alyx, Russ deliberately countered prevailing gender stereotypes in SF and in her own writing she has said that Alyx was a breakthrough for her.<ref>{{fact}}</ref>
==Appearances==
* "[[The Adventuress]]" (1967 short story; renamed "Bluestocking" in ''[[The Adventures of Alyx]]'')
* "I Thought She Was Afeard Till She Stroked My Beard" (1967 short story; original title "I Gave Her Sack and Sherry")
* "The Barbarian" (1968 short story)
* "[[Picnic on Paradise]]" (1968 novel; also include in ''The Adventures of Alyx'')
* "[[The Second Inquisition]]" (1970 short story)


==Notes==
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[[category:Joanna Russ]]

Latest revision as of 17:57, 24 August 2010

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Alyx is the eponymous protagonist of Joanna Russ' The Adventures of Alyx, a collection of stories.

She is a smart, tough woman, a thief and assassin, sensual, intelligent and not beautiful. With Alyx, Russ deliberately countered prevailing gender stereotypes in SF and in her own writing she has said that Alyx was a breakthrough for her.[1]

Appearances


Notes