{"product_id":"on-strike-against-god-by-joanna-russ-9781558613140","title":"On Strike Against God","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lost feminist masterwork by feminist and speculative fiction icon Joanna Russ about a lesbian's coming-to-consciousness during the social upheaval of the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Esther, an English professor living in 1970s small-town New York, has her first lesbian love affair, the fallout brings her everyday miseries into focus and sends her spiralling. Confronted with the homophobia of straight feminists and the misogyny of gay men, Esther is left to forge a language for her feminism and her burgeoning lesbian desire. A darkly comedic story of feminist love, hope, and reckoning, \u003ci\u003eOn Strike Against God\u003c\/i\u003e's call to readers \"Let's be reasonable. Let's demand the impossible\" rings urgently true today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1980, \u003ci\u003eOn Strike Against God\u003c\/i\u003e is the only realist novel by feminist science fiction icon Joanna Russ. This new critical edition includes previously unpublished alternate endings to the novel, letters between Joanna Russ and acclaimed poet Marilyn Hacker, and additional essays by Russ. Contemporary authors Jeanne Thornton and Mary Anne Mohanraj discuss Russ's continued impact, and an interview with science fiction luminary Samuel R. Delany reflects on Delany's decades-long friendship with Russ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487439536364,"sku":"9781558613140","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/bf9aaf692d5e10c2e100df454b055ec4.jpg?v=1775777140","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/on-strike-against-god-by-joanna-russ-9781558613140","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}