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The Female Man
The Female Man | Joanna Russ
Living in an altered past that never saw the end of the Great Depression, Jeannine, a librarian, is waiting to be married. Joanna lives in a different version of reality: she's a 1970s feminist trying to succeed in a man's world. Janet is from Whileaway, a utopian earth where only women exist. And Jael is a warrior with steel teeth and catlike retractable claws, from an earth with separate-and warring-female and male societies. When these four women meet, the results are startling, outrageous, and subversive.
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The Female Man | Joanna Russ
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Any Joanna Russ fans out there? Library of America is publishing this volume in October. (Available for request on NetGalley - https://www.netgalley.com/)

#NetGalley, #NetGalleyGroup

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“For years I said Let me in, Love me, Approve me, Define me, Regulate me, Validate me, Support me. Now I say Move over.”

Remembering Joanna Russ on her birthday.

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SpaceCowboyBooks
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Love her short stories, finally getting to this classic.

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Panpan

Thanks to technology that allows travel between different alternative realities, four versions of the same woman meet.

It's an intriguing premise, but unfortunately the result is a mess. It's told in a mixture of third person and first person but the first person keeps changing with it frequently being totally unclear who the narrator is or which of the alternative realities we are in.

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rwmg
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I was born on a farm on Whileaway

#FirstLineFridays

@ShyBookOwl

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swynn
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Pickpick

#BookSpin for June is one I picked up for its reputation as a landmark of feminist sf; one I put off reading because I'd heard it's short on plot and long on polemic. Both of those charges are true, but the polemic is not as heavy as expected, delivered with humor, poetry, and anger enough that it's never tedious. More challenging for me was its nonlinearity and shifting perspectives. I'm a little confused and a lot impressed.

 @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great review!!! 4y
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swynn
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4y
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llwheeler
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It's a cozy, quiet evening here. I'm on to book 3 for #bookspinbonanza which has the dubious honour of being imo one of the ugliest book covers I own 😆... sorry, book. (1986 paperback edition)
I've been looking forward to reading this one for a while!

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InLibrisVeritas
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Two more SF Masterworks for my shelves. I absolutely adore these editions, so when I saw these for about $5 each I decided to treat myself a bit.

Oryx I like the masterworks. I've discovered so many sci fi authors through this 5y
InLibrisVeritas @Oryx Yes! Most of the ones I own are authors I wasn't familiar with before buying them. 5y
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juliannebenford
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September is nearly over so it's a good thing I've finally posted my Short Books September #sbksept TBR video! Link in my profile.

SkeletonKey Your eyeshadow is 💯💯💯💜 6y
juliannebenford @SkeletonKey Thank you 💜 6y
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Baileythebookworm
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This book is so challenging and weird and brilliant and resonant

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Waynegjr
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It is hard to read this book without feeling burned. I mean, we totally deserve it, but still.

#sfff

jpmcwisemorgan Interesting... 8y
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Waynegjr
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Really enjoying this.

#sfff

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Waynegjr
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Here we go! First up on the docket for Sci-fi and Fantasy Month.

Anyone else reading any SFF this month? Use the hashtag #SFFF in your posts so I can see.

susanw The Hike is banana pants! The good kind of banana pants! 8y
2BR02B I read the Female Man with my book club a month ago. It was... definitely an experience. 8y
Zelma Yes, I am planning to start The Girl With All the Gifts today! 8y
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