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kleonard's review
3.0
These works of Russ, while important, just don't hold up well. They are often tedious, despite the interesting ideas that undergird them, long and in need of trimming. But they are of a period and they represent the 1970s well in terms of SFF and queer writing, and will be of use to scholars and folks who enjoy this kind of writing more than I do.
chrism1's review
4.0
Wow. It was such a treat to encounter Joanna Russ's work. I'm ashamed to admit I've never heard of or encountered her texts before. That's why the Library of America's edition of her work is so important. The texts were written at a time when the Women's Liberation Movement was in full force, and Russ's writing was a response and continuation of that movement.
Throughout Russ's writing, gender is an important part of her focus. Russ sees childbirth and reproduction as harming women and creative a negative world. Read within the context of the women's movement, these texts feel rightfully angry at a world that privileges men over everyone else. Russ's work would be revolutionary even today because she makes readers examine what it means to be a woman in a society that doesn't appear to like them very much. I'm thrilled I got to read this collection of her work.
Throughout Russ's writing, gender is an important part of her focus. Russ sees childbirth and reproduction as harming women and creative a negative world. Read within the context of the women's movement, these texts feel rightfully angry at a world that privileges men over everyone else. Russ's work would be revolutionary even today because she makes readers examine what it means to be a woman in a society that doesn't appear to like them very much. I'm thrilled I got to read this collection of her work.
wunder's review
5.0
It's Joanna Russ in a lovely edition, what more is there to say except, why did it take this long? Next, let's get "How to Suppress Women's Writing" in a Library of America edition.
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