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Originally Posted by crich70
In truth I had never heard of her either, though I don't think it's that surprising really. I mean there are a lot of people who write Science Fiction and Fantasy and only a few of them become the household names of their genre. Like Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, etc. And some only write a small body of work that prior to the net might not have had a wide circulation as well. Sometimes the works of an author are better known than their name as well I think.
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The thing with Joanna Russ is that she is more famous as a person and for her influence than for a specific book. If you are interested in science fiction and read about it you cannot avoid noticing her name. But you can avoid reading her books which I have managed to do. Have read some ot the short stories.