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Series of novels by Suzy McKee Charnas
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 ..."
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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.
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The Furies was nominated for the 1994
Lambda Literary Award for science fiction and fantasy.
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References
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
Retrospective winners 1991–2000
A Woman of the Iron People by
Eleanor Arnason (1991, tie)
White Queen by
Gwyneth Jones (1991, tie)
China Mountain Zhang by
Maureen F. McHugh (1992)
Ammonite by
Nicola Griffith (1993)
"
The Matter of Seggri " by
Ursula K. Le Guin (1994, tie)
Larque on the Wing by
Nancy Springer (1994, tie)
Waking the Moon by
Elizabeth Hand (1995, tie)
The Memoirs Of Elizabeth Frankenstein by
Theodore Roszak (1995, tie)
"Mountain Ways" by
Ursula K. Le Guin (1996, tie)
The Sparrow by
Mary Doria Russell (1996, tie)
Black Wine by
Candas Jane Dorsey (1997, tie)
"Travels With The Snow Queen" by
Kelly Link (1997, tie)
"
Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation " by
Raphael Carter (1998)
The Conqueror's Child by
Suzy McKee Charnas (1999)
Wild Life by
Molly Gloss (2000)
2001–2010
The Kappa Child by
Hiromi Goto (2001)
Light by
M. John Harrison (2002, tie)
"Stories for Men" by
John Kessel (2002, tie)
Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls by
Matt Ruff (2003)
Camouflage by
Joe Haldeman (2004, tie)
Not Before Sundown by
Johanna Sinisalo (2004, tie)
Air by
Geoff Ryman (2005)
The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden by
Catherynne M. Valente (2006, tie)
Half Life by
Shelley Jackson (2006, tie)
James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by
Julie Phillips (2006, special recognition)
The Carhullan Army by
Sarah Hall (2007)
The Knife of Never Letting Go by
Patrick Ness (2008, tie)
Filter House by
Nisi Shawl (2008, tie)
Cloud and Ashes: Three Winter’s Tales by
Greer Gilman (2009, tie)
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers by
Fumi Yoshinaga (2009, tie)
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by
Dubravka Ugrešić (2010)
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