- The Holdfast Chronicles
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The Holdfast Chronicles is a series of books by American feminist science fiction author Suzy McKee Charnas.
The series consists of four books:
- Walk to the End of the World (1974)
- Motherlines (1978)
- The Furies (1994)
- The Conqueror's Child (1999).
Contents
Reception
Salon.com reviewer Polly Shulman declared that "the Holdfast tetralogy offers a fascinating look back at the permutations of the feminist imagination in recent years, and it underlines the ideals and challenges faced by feminists -- sometimes on purpose and sometimes in spite of itself."[1]
Spider Robinson, reviewing Walk to the End of the World in 1977, faulted its "warped premise" and proclaimed that the story was "confused, confusing, inconsistent and boring."[2]
Awards
The entire series was inducted into the Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame in 2003. Motherlines and Walk to the End of the World won a retrospective James Tiptree, Jr. Award, and The Conqueror's Child won the award in 1999.[3]
The Furies was nominated for the 1994 Lambda Literary Award for science fiction and fantasy.[4]
References
- ^ "Matriarchy blues", April 21, 2000
- ^ "Galaxy Bookshelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1977, p.135
- ^ James Tiptree, Jr. Award 1999 Winner www.tiptree.org. Retrieved 28-02-2011
- ^ Lambda Literary Ward site
External links
- The web site of Suzy McKee Charnas.
- Interview at SFFWorld.com
- Suzy McKee Charnas at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Categories:- Novel series
- 1974 novels
- 1978 novels
- James Tiptree, Jr. Award
- Feminist science fiction
- Novels by Suzy McKee Charnas
- Single sex societies
- Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame inductees
- Science fiction book series
- Science fiction novel stubs
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