As hard and mean and fine as Flannery O'Connor. . . . I wish that everyone would read Joanna Russ' books. -Dorothy Allison, author of "Bastard Out of Carolina ""Joanna Russ offers a gallery of some of the most interesting female protagonists in current fiction, women who are rarely victims and sometimes even victors, but always engaged sharply and perceptively with their fate." -Marge Piercy"A stunning book, a work to be read with great respect. It's also screamingly funny." -Elizabeth Lynn, "San Francisco Review of Books ""A work of frightening power, but it is also a work of great fictional subtlety. . . . It should appeal to all intelligent people who look for exciting ideation, crackling dialogue, provocative fictional games-playing in their reading." -Douglas Barbour, "Toronto Star "

Nebula and Hugo Award winner Joanna Russ is the author of "The Adventures of Alyx, Extra(Ordinary) People, " and "To Write Like a Woman, " among many other books.