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1976 collection of stories by [[Joanna Russ]] (reissued 1985). | |||
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. | 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: | ==Table of contents== | ||
* "Bluestocking" | |||
* "I Thought She Was Afeard Till She Stroked My Beard" | |||
* "The Barbarian" | |||
* "Picnic on Paradise" | |||
* "The Second Inquisition" | |||
==Editions== | |||
* 1976 | |||
* 1977 (Boston: Gregg Press) | |||
* 1983 (Pocket) ISBN 0671459007 | |||
* 1985 | |||
==External resources== | |||
* [http://www.librarything.com/work/85777 LibraryThing entry] | |||
[[Category:1976 Publications|Adventures of Alyx]] | |||
[[Category:Short story collections|Adventures of Alyx]] | |||
Revision as of 16:40, 15 February 2007
1976 collection of stories by Joanna Russ (reissued 1985).
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.
Table of contents
- "Bluestocking"
- "I Thought She Was Afeard Till She Stroked My Beard"
- "The Barbarian"
- "Picnic on Paradise"
- "The Second Inquisition"
Editions
- 1976
- 1977 (Boston: Gregg Press)
- 1983 (Pocket) ISBN 0671459007
- 1985