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1985 book by [[Joanna Russ]].
1985 collection of stories by [[Joanna Russ]].
 
Russ' feminist work began with the Alyx stories, published between 1967 and 1970 and collected in ''The Adventures of Alyx''. Alyx 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.


[[Category:1985 Publications|Adventures of Alyx]]
[[Category:1985 Publications|Adventures of Alyx]]

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1985 collection of stories by Joanna Russ.

Russ' feminist work began with the Alyx stories, published between 1967 and 1970 and collected in The Adventures of Alyx. Alyx 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.