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A 1984 collection of stories by [[Joanna Russ]].
[[Image:Russ-ExtraOrdPeople.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Cover of the 1984 St. Martin's Press edition by Greg Scott]]
[[File:Extra(ordinary)People.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Cover of the 1985 [[The Women's Press]] edition by Judith Clute]]
''Extra(Ordinary) People'' is a 1984 collection of five linked stories by [[Joanna Russ]], including the Hugo-winning novella ''Souls''.  


''Extra(Ordinary) People'' is a collection of five linked stories, including the Hugo-winning novel ''Souls''.
==Contents==
* ''[[Souls (novella)|Souls]]''
* "[[The Mystery of the Young Gentleman]]"
* "[[What Did You Do During the Revolution, Grandma]]"
* "[[Bodies]]"
* "[[Everyday Depressions]]"


==Contents==
''Souls'' is first in the collection and introduces the theme of identity as a mask for one's true, human self. Russ focuses on gender identity and sexual identity, to hilarious effect in "The Mystery of the Young Gentleman" and "What Did You Do During the Revolution, Grandma", and poignantly in "Bodies". "Everyday Depressions", the final story in the collection, romps through the outline for a lesbian gothic novel. Like most of Russ's work, Extra(ordinary) People does not really conclude, but rather makes a gesture to the reader: as Russ put it in an interview, "This is the way of the world; and what are you going to do about it?"
* ''Souls''
 
* "The Mystery of the Young Gentleman"
==Editions==
* "What Did You Do During the Revolution, Grandma"
* Apr 1984: New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-27806-3. (hardcover)
* "Bodies"
* Jan 1985: New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-27807-1. (trade paperback)
* "Everyday Depressions"
* Apr 1985: London: [[The Women's Press]], ISBN 0-7043-3950-1. (paperback)


''Souls'' is first in the collection and introduces the theme of identity as a mask for one's true, human self. Russ focuses on gender identity and sexual identity, to hilarious effect in "The Mystery of the Young Gentleman" and "What Did You Do During the Revolution, Grandma", and poignantly in "Bodies." "Everyday Depressions," the final story in the collection, romps through the outline for a lesbian gothic novel. Like most of Russ's work, Extra(ordinary) People does not really conclude, but rather makes a gesture to the reader: as Russ put it in an interview, "This is the way of the world; and what are you going to do about it?"


[[Category:1984 Publications]]
[[Category:1984 publications]]
[[Category:Short story collections]]
[[category:Joanna Russ]]

Latest revision as of 16:25, 18 April 2011

Cover of the 1984 St. Martin's Press edition by Greg Scott
Cover of the 1985 The Women's Press edition by Judith Clute

Extra(Ordinary) People is a 1984 collection of five linked stories by Joanna Russ, including the Hugo-winning novella Souls.

Contents

Souls is first in the collection and introduces the theme of identity as a mask for one's true, human self. Russ focuses on gender identity and sexual identity, to hilarious effect in "The Mystery of the Young Gentleman" and "What Did You Do During the Revolution, Grandma", and poignantly in "Bodies". "Everyday Depressions", the final story in the collection, romps through the outline for a lesbian gothic novel. Like most of Russ's work, Extra(ordinary) People does not really conclude, but rather makes a gesture to the reader: as Russ put it in an interview, "This is the way of the world; and what are you going to do about it?"

Editions

  • Apr 1984: New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-27806-3. (hardcover)
  • Jan 1985: New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-27807-1. (trade paperback)
  • Apr 1985: London: The Women's Press, ISBN 0-7043-3950-1. (paperback)
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