The Holdfast Chronicles

First edition of Walk to the End of the World (publ. Ballantine Books), the first book in the series.
Cover art by Gene Szafran

The Holdfast Chronicles is a series of books by American feminist science fiction 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 ..."

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.

The Furies was nominated for the 1994 Lambda Literary Award for science fiction and fantasy.



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