The Holdfast Chronicles

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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).

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[edit] 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 -- sometimes on purpose and sometimes in spite of itself."[1]

Spider Robinson, reviewing Walk to the End of the World in 1977, faulted its "warped premise" and proclaimed that the story was "confused, confusing, inconsistent and boring."[2]

[edit] 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.[3]

The Furies was nominated for the 1994 Lambda Literary Award for science fiction and fantasy.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Matriarchy blues", April 21, 2000
  2. ^ "Galaxy Bookshelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1977, p.135
  3. ^ James Tiptree, Jr. Award 1999 Winner www.tiptree.org. Retrieved 28-02-2011
  4. ^ Lambda Literary Ward site

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