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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>{{ | 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> | ||
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Revision as of 02:07, 30 March 2007
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]