First edition of Walk to the End of the World (published by Ballantine Books), the first book in the series. Cover art by Gene Szafran.
The Holdfast Chronicles is a series of science fiction books by American 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
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