Edited by David G. Hartwell and Jacob Weisman. Tachyon (IPG, dist.), $15.95 (480p) ISBN 978-1-61696-069-8
Heroes and their mighty deeds populate the pages of this delightfully kitschy, yet absorbing anthology of sword and sorcery short stories from the 1930s onward. Hartwell and Weisman have selected some of the best short-form work in the genre,...
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Joanna Russ, Author St. Martin's Press $15.95 (229p) ISBN 978-0-312-01105-5
One of the best writers in SF today, Russ (Picnic on Paradise, The Female Man) uses the genre not as soothing escapism but to wake the reader up and get him thinking as she reexamines and challenges received notions about society, sex, cultural...
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Joanna Russ, Author St. Martin's Press $8.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-02219-8
``One of the best writers in SF today, Russ uses the genre not as soothing escapism but to wake the reader up,'' acclaimed PW , finding, however, that this collection of short fiction is ``not the ideal introduction to her work,'' and ``something of
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Joanna Russ, Author St. Martin's Press $27.95 (476p) ISBN 978-0-312-15198-0
A radical, socialist, lesbian, handicapped, Jewish feminist, Russ (To Write Like a Woman) is well acquainted with marginality and the accompanying stigmatization and oppression. Much space is given in this sprawling piece of feminist discourse to...
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Joanna Russ, edited by Alec Pollak. Feminist Press, $17.95 trade paper (208p) ISBN 978-1-55861-314-0
This insightful critical edition of the 1980 novella from Russ (1937–2011) highlights the enduring vitality of its story about an English professor’s lesbian awakening. Esther, 38, lives in a small college town, having divorced the man she loved but
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