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

Sources

  • Mohr, Dunja M. Worlds Apart: Dualism and Transgression in Contemporary Female Dystopias. Jefferson, NC, McFarland, 2005. [extensive chapter on the Holdfast series]


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