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Linguist and science fiction writer and artist. Creator of the [[Coyote Jones]] series, the [[Ozark Trilogy]], and the [[Native Tongue Trilogy]], and various short stories. She has written several popular works on communication, focusing on how to avoid or defuse verbal conflict and attacks | Linguist and science fiction writer and artist. Creator of the [[Coyote Jones]] series, the [[Ozark Trilogy]], and the [[Native Tongue Trilogy]], and various short stories. She has written several popular works on communication, focusing on how to avoid or defuse verbal conflict and attacks. | ||
Creator of the [[constructed language]] [[Láadan]], a [[women's language]]; first discussed in the [[Native Tongue Trilogy]]. | Creator of the [[constructed language]] [[Láadan]], a [[women's language]]; first discussed in the [[Native Tongue Trilogy]]. | ||
Revision as of 15:20, 22 February 2007
Linguist and science fiction writer and artist. Creator of the Coyote Jones series, the Ozark Trilogy, and the Native Tongue Trilogy, and various short stories. She has written several popular works on communication, focusing on how to avoid or defuse verbal conflict and attacks.
Creator of the constructed language Láadan, a women's language; first discussed in the Native Tongue Trilogy.
Influences, Impacts, Intertextualism, Connections
- "The Two of Them" by Joanna Russ, which took the characters and settings from Elgin's short story "For the Sake of Grace".
Bibliography
Coyote Jones (Communipath Worlds)
- The Communipaths (1970)
- Furthest (1971)
- At the Seventh Level (1972)
- Star-Anchored, Star-Angered (1979)
- Yonder Comes the Other End of Time (1986)
- The Coyote Jones novels are currently out of print. Suzette Haden Elgin explained the problem with the reprint contract at Wildside Press at her website (http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin/CoyoteJones.html ).
The Ozark Fantasy Trilogy
- Twelve Fair Kingdoms (1981)
- The Grand Jubilee (1981)
- And Then There'll Be Fireworks (1981)
- Yonder Comes the Other End of Time (1986)
The Native Tongue Trilogy
- Native Tongue (1984)
- Native Tongue II: The Judas Rose (1987)
- Native Tongue III: Earthsong' (1993)
Numerous nonfictional works on linguistics and communication skills. Of particular interest:
- A First Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan (1st ed.; 2d ed. 1988)
- Genderspeak (1993)