The Holdfast Chronicles
The Holdfast Chronicles is a series of books by American feminist science fiction author Suzy McKee Charnas.
The series consists of four books:
- Walk to the End of the World (1974)
- Motherlines (1978)
- The Furies (1994)
- The Conqueror's Child (1999).
Reception[]
Salon.com reviewer Polly Shulman declared that "the Holdfast tetralogy offers a fascinating look back at the permutations of the feminist imagination in recent years, and it underlines the ideals and challenges faced by feminists ..."[1]
Awards[]
The entire series was inducted into the Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame in 2003. Motherlines and Walk to the End of the World won a retrospective James Tiptree, Jr. Award, and The Conqueror's Child won the award in 1999.[2]
The Furies was nominated for the 1994 Lambda Literary Award for science fiction and fantasy.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Matriarchy blues", April 21, 2000
- ^ James Tiptree, Jr. Award 1999 Winner www.tiptree.org. Retrieved 28-02-2011
- ^ Lambda Literary Award site Archived 2008-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
Sources[]
- Mohr, Dunja M. Worlds Apart: Dualism and Transgression in Contemporary Female Dystopias. Jefferson, NC, McFarland, 2005. [extensive chapter on the Holdfast series]
External links[]
- The web site of Suzy McKee Charnas.
- Interview at SFFWorld.com
- Suzy McKee Charnas at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Categories:
- Novel series
- 1974 American novels
- 1978 American novels
- James Tiptree Jr. Award-winning works
- Feminist science fiction
- Novels by Suzy McKee Charnas
- Single-gender worlds
- Science fiction book series
- LGBT speculative fiction novels
- 1970s science fiction novel stubs
- 1970s novel stubs
- LGBT novel stubs