"When It Changed", by Joanna Russ. I read this story about twelve years ago and it's been stuck in the back of my head ever since. (Which means it's been there for half my life. How dizzying.) I read The Female Man recently, which was interesting and heavyhanded with the politics -- in fact, the part that stuck with me (a sort of manifesto, relating to the title) had the heaviest of hands. "When It Changed" is explicitly feminist, but the touch is lighter. And it's good for non-political reasons too. Got the link to the story via the Ms. Blog.

The SciFi cable network hosts an archive of sci-fi stories. Poorly arranged, but it looks to have a lot of good reading. Looks like new stories are added weekly. _
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12:41:57 PM, Wednesday 14 April 2004

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Also: Lost masterpieces of the choose-your-own-adventure genre. Who knew Hemingway was so versatile? _
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