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Sit a man on his ass with nothing to do but eat and the first thing that goes is his mind. It never fails.

— Joanna Russ And Chaos Died (1970)

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“Rational people,” said the man, “realize that their lives must be made meaningful. Meaning isn’t just given us.”

And Chaos Died (1970)

How withered away one can be from a life of unremitting toil.

The Female Man (1975)

Fucking, if you will forgive the pun, is an anti-climax.

The Female Man (1975)

There are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women.

The Image of Women in Science Fiction (1970)

I told him to open his eyes, that I didn’t want to kill him with his eyes shut, for God’s sake.

The Female Man (1975)

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