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Extra(ordinary) People
| Author: | Joanna Russ |
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St. Martin's Press, 1984 |
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| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
Five elegant stories from Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Joanna Russ, in the form of a history lesson to a child of the future. A medieval abbess defends her community against Viking invasion; a young girl sails on a 19th-century clipper bound for America with a guardian who is not what 'he' seems; a time traveller disguises herself as a male god on an errand of mercy in a feudal past; an author evokes the plot of a Gothic romance between two women.
The stories are as much about the nature of sf as they are about the imagined & fantastical worlds they describe. Russ once more draws on her talent for vivid characterisation to involve us in worlds not our own, exploring gender and power relationships in past & future to illuminate our own time.
Table of Contents:
- Souls - (1982) - novella
- The Mystery of the Young Gentleman - (1982) - novelette
- Bodies - (1984) - novelette
- What Did You Do During the Revolution, Grandma? - (1983) - novelette
- Everyday Depressions - (1984) - shortstory
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