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Joanna Russ leaves us …

Back in June last year I wrote a ‘Salute to Female Writers of the Seventies’ and the first one I mentioned was Joanna Russ. She inspired me. I loved her strong female characters. They were so refreshing.

I wish …

I wish I’d had a chance to meet her and tell her what a relief it was to find female characters who I could relate to.

See here for Science Fiction Writers of America’s tribute to Joanna Russ. (1937 -2011).

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