Joanna Russ stands out even among the New Wave as a writer of considerable technical sophistication. Although the contemporary reception of her works is occasionally marred by reviews of critics who m...
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Critical Essay by Gerald Jonas
["The Female Man" may be categorized as serious "women's lib S.F." The author Joanna Russ] has never been one to deny the importance ...
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Critical Essay by Michael Goodwin
[The Female Man] is not a novel—it's a scream of anger, sustained for 214 pages. It's unfair, it's maddening, it's depressing. I h...
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Critical Essay by Gerald Jonas
In her previous novels, "Picnic on Paradise" and "The Female Man," Joanna Russ used science fiction as a vehicle for the most intelligent, h...
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Joanna Russ
Critical Essay by Gerald Jonas
