"Science fiction is a natural, in a way, for any kind of radical thought. Because it is about things that have not happened and do not happen. It's usually placed in the future, but not always. It's very fruitful if you want to present the concerns of any marginal group, because you are doing it in a world where things are different."
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âA Dialogue: Samuel R. Delany and Joanna Russ on Science Fictionâ in ââCallalooââ, No. 22 (Autumn, 1984)
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Joanna Russ
Joanna Russ (February 22, 1937 â April 29, 2011) was an American writer, academic and feminist. She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism and is best known for The Female Man, a novel combining utopian fiction and satire.
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