The Female Man (A Women's Press classic)

The Female Man (A Women's Press classic)

by JoannaRuss (Author)

Synopsis

The Female Man is a suspenseful, surprising and darkly witty chronicle of what happens when Jeannine, Janet, Joanna and Jael - four alternative selves from drastically different realities - meet. Joanna's world is like our own, Jeannine's world is even poorer & grungier, a place where neither World War II nor its resulting developments of technology have happened. Janet - the explorer - comes from 'Whileaway' where men have died off, leaving a world without the 'poisonous binary' of gender. Finally we meet Jael, warrior and assassin, who takes the other three to where the final war between men and women is being waged. The Female Man, Joanna Russ' innovative science fiction novel, caused a furore when first published in the 1970s - it has a power that has stayed fresh, witty and WEIRD. A welcome new edition of a book that now looks as good as it reads.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 213
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Women's Press Ltd,The
Published: 01 Mar 2002

ISBN 10: 0704347377
ISBN 13: 9780704347373

Media Reviews
'The Female Man is not only known as a science fiction classic but also as a work of immense significance to feminist literature' Sunday Times
Author Bio
Joanna Russ has won the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Locus Poll Award, the James Tiptree Jr Award and the SF Chronicle Award.