The Hidden Side of the Moon
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The Hidden Side of the Moon is a feminist science fiction
collection of short stories
by Joanna Russ
, first published in 1987 by St. Martin's Press
. The collection covers stories published from 1952 ("Nor Custom Stale," Russ' first published story) to 1983.
Feminist science fiction
Feminist science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction which tends to deal with women's roles in society. Feminist science fiction poses questions about social issues such as how society constructs gender roles, the role reproduction plays in defining gender and the unequal political and...
collection of short stories
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
by Joanna Russ
Joanna Russ
Joanna Russ was an American writer, academic and feminist. She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as How to Suppress Women's Writing, as well as a contemporary novel, On Strike Against God, and one children's book, Kittatinny...
, first published in 1987 by St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the Flatiron Building in New York City. Currently, St. Martin's Press is one of the United States' largest publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under eight imprints, which include St. Martin's Press , St...
. The collection covers stories published from 1952 ("Nor Custom Stale," Russ' first published story) to 1983.
Contents
- "The Little Dirty Girl" (1982)
- "Sword Blades and Poppy Seed" (1983)
- "Main Street: 1953" (1983)
- "How Dorothy Kept Away the Spring" (1977)
- "This Afternoon" (1968)
- "This Night, At My Fire" (1966)
- "I Had Vacantly Crumpled It into My Pocket... But By God, Eliot, It Was a Photograph from Life!" (1964)
- "Come Closer" (1965)
- "It's Important to Believe" (1980)
- "Mr. Wilde's Second Chance" (1966)
- "Window Dressing" (1970)
- "Existence" (1975)
- "Foul Foul" (1971)
- "A Short and Happy Life" (1969)
- "The Throwaways" (1969)
- "The Clichés From Outer Space" (1975)
- "Elf Hill" (1982)
- "Nor Custom Stale" (1952)
- "The Experimenter" (1975)
- "Reasonable People" (1974)
- "Life in a Furniture Store" (1965)
- "Old Pictures" (1973)
- "I. Visiting" (1967)
- "II. Visiting Day" (1970)
- "Old Thoughts, Old Presences" (1975)
- "I. The Autobiography of My Mother" (1975)
- "II. Daddy's Little Girl" (1975)