The Holdfast Chronicles Explained

Books:	Walk to the End of the World (1974) Motherlines (1978) The Furies (1994) The Conqueror's Child (1999)
Author:	Suzy McKee Charnas
Language:	English
Genre:	Science fiction
Publisher:	Ballantine Books
Pub Date:	1974–1999
Media Type:	Print
Number Of Books:	4

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 1995 Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy.^[3]

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

• The web site of Suzy McKee Charnas.
• Interview at SFFWorld.com

Notes and References

1. http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/04/21/sf_3/ "Matriarchy blues"
2. http://tiptree.org/?page_id=122 James Tiptree, Jr. Award 1999 Winner
3. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous_winners/paw_1992_1995.html Lambda Literary Award site