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The Female Man by Joanna Russ
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The Female Man

by Joanna Russ

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The storyline is a bit disjointed, but some of the character's rants are incredibly thought-provoking. Definitely worth a read, even though you'll probably never figure out exactly what happened in the story. ( )
gaialover | Dec 7, 2008 |  
I read this for a book group, but found it aggressively impenetrable. Apparently it all comes together near the end of the book, but I couldn't stomach it and actually found it difficult to keep most of the characters seperate in my head (this is on purpose, but frustrating). That said, it is surprisingly funny at times. It gets one star for wit and one for being generally the sort of important book it's useful to have read (at least partially). ( )
jesster | Jul 31, 2008 |  
Oh, how I loved this book. It is a very angry book, but deadly accurate, and also such an interesting concept. I love the way she plays with the novel form, occasionally addressing the reader, and even addressing the book at the end. Just fascinating and wonderful. ( )
sussabmax | Dec 22, 2007 |  
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Russ's ideas of parallel worlds with utterly different relations between the sexes are of course partly didactic, but there is a message I think in the way in which her characters slip from one to the other; perhaps we are meant to ask ourselves if they are really so far apart? The narrative technique is tremendous as well, the kind of thing that many of the New Age writers were trying for and few of them ever really came close to pulling off. I'd read and enjoyed the Alyx stories, years ago; this was completely different, but really good. ( )
nwhyte | Jul 30, 2007 | 1 vote
A man basher book. Was a bit disapointing ( )
figa49 | Feb 21, 2007 |  
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This book is dedicated to anne, to Mary and to the other one and three-quarters billions of us.
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I was born on a farm on Whileaway.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0807062995, Paperback)

It's influenced William Gibson and been listed as one of the ten essential works of science fiction. Most importantly, Joanna Russ's THE FEMALE MAN is a suspenseful, surprising and darkly witty chronicle of what happens when Jeannine, Janet, Joanna, and Jael--four alternate selves from drastically different realities--meet.

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