The Zanzibar Cat
by Joanna Russ
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Thank you for. GR reviewer Ed Erwin, for the details of the ToC of the two editions. I read the Arkham hardcover from my son's university library. I can finally say that I've made a sufficient attempt to appreciate Russ. I still don't, really. Literary speculative fiction, often experimental in style, often stomach churning, often misanthropic and even sometimes misogynist (!). Not really science fiction, but couldn't call it fantasy either. Not for me, and would not have been for young me even when it was new and I was of an age to read it.
The book, 2 stars, the story "The Extraordinary Voyages of Amèlie Bertrand," 3 stars.
Review on SF Mistressworks: https://sfmistressworks.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/the-zanzibar-cat-joanna-russ/
Includes the famous story "When It Changed" (Nebula Award 1972).
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Joanna Russ was born in New York City on February 22, 1937. She received a degree in English from Cornell University in 1957 and a MFA in playwriting from the Yale Drama School in 1960. She taught at various colleges and universities during her lifetime including a long stint at the University of Washington in Seattle. She was a critic and science show more fiction writer best known for books of criticism such as The Female Man (1975) and How to Suppress Women's Writing (1984) as well as the novel And Chaos Died (1970). She died on April 29, 2011 at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Zanzibar Cat
- Original title
- The Zanzibar Cat
- Original publication date
- 1983
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- The Arkham House edition contains: Foreword by Marge Piercy, "When It Changed", "The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand", "The Soul of a Servant", "Gleepsite", "Nobody’s Home", "My Dear Emily", "The New Men", "My Boa... (show all)t", "Useful Phrases for the Tourist", "Corruption", "There Is Another Shore, You Know, Upon the Other Side", "A Game of Vlet", "How Dorothy Kept Away the Spring", "Poor Man, Beggar Man", "Old Thoughts, Old Presences", "Daddy’s Girl" and "The Zanzibar Cat". The Baen edition contains "When It Changed", "The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand", "The Soul of a Servant", "The Man Who Could Not See Devils", "Gleepsite", "Nobody’s Home", "My Dear Emily", "There Is Another Shore, You Know, Upon the Other Side", "My Boat", "Useful Phrases for the Tourist", "Dragons and Dimwits", "Corruption", "The Precious Object", "The New Men", "A Game of Vlet" and "The Zanzibar Cat".
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