>I've almost asked this before, but has anyone had the opportunity to read or
>look at Joanna Russ's WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR? SEX, RACE, CLASS, AND THE
>FUTURE OF FEMINISM and Thomas Disch's THE DREAMS ARE STUFF IS MADE OF, two
>books that are wide-ranging surveys/critiques of society at large that are
>heavily informed by the fact that their authors are sf/fantasy/horror writers?
>I'm about 2/5 through Russ's bug-crusher and will be picking up Disch's soon,
>having been moved to sit down and read a chapter or so upon picking it up in
>the megastore. The bits of autobiography and historically interesting
>documentation (such as Disch's memories of Milford Conferences and excerpts
>from Alice "Racoona" "James Tiptree, Jr" Sheldon's correspondence with Russ)
>are going to make these titles valuable to genuine scholars of the literature
>even if they disagree or are somehow ambivalent to the sociological and
>political analysis the books provide.
>
Some of the members of the Feminist SF list are setting up a process to
discuss the Russ book an essay or two at a time. LMK if you want more
information.
Maryelizabeth
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