Joanna Russ: Fiction

Joanna Russ was American author. Explore interesting quotes on fiction.

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“There are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women.”

“In the field of science fiction or fantasy, morality—when it enters a book at all—is almost always either thoughtlessly liberal (you can’t judge other cultures) or thoughtlessly illiberal (strong men must rule) or just plain thoughtless”

killing people is bad
"Books" (review column), The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1968
Non-fiction

“Only those who have reviewed, year in and year out, know how truly abominable most fiction is.”

"Books" (review column), The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1979
Non-fiction