Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Only the gentlest

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Only the gentlest of shelf-wear. Design by Martha Jean Waters. An intimate of Samuel R. Delany and James Tiptree Jr. (Tiptree once epistolized, "Do you imagine that anyone with half a functional neuron can read your work and not have his fingers smoked by the bitter, multi-layered anger in it? '), Russ was an innovator of feminist sci-fi and was one of the first academics to lend legitimacy to slash fiction. This collection, dedicated to Australian scholar Dale Spender, compiles Russ's essays, including several of her influential post second-wave takes on pornography. 119 pp. Featured Rare & Collectible.