For ten years I put off writing this book about gender warfare. Once I embarked, though, the story's torrent of passionate action whirled me along from one surprise to the next in a state of amazed exhilaration. This fictional tide is rough and bloody, but well worth the plunge.     — SMC
	". . . A wonderful book: tightly written, provocative, exciting, and moving . . . The progress of the homecoming of the Free Fems is as stately and inevitable as a Greek tragedy, with many of the same elements: hubris, revenge, honor . . .[Charnas] lets her characters incarnate her ideas, so that the reader is left with a world full of rich and complex people as well as a book full of rich and complex ideas. " — The Women's Review of Books "Charnas's clear thinking and exposition avoid most of the pitfalls that a nakedly political and allegorical book risks; her fems are complex, varied, and flawed human beings, and her depiction of the gender wars is perceptive and intelligent. A moving, thoughtful novel set in a gritty and believable dystopian future." — Kirkus Reviews     "Powerful and poignant . . . an action-packed, if upsetting, dystopia . . . One of the five best science fiction books of 1994. "   — Publisher's Weekly   "The Furies works admirably as a tale of adventure and intrigue . . . its characters capture our attention by their rich complexity . . . its language manages vigor, clarity, and grace all at once . . . the brilliance of The Furies lies in the way it answers the questions . . . Will the Past release us? and Can we Change?"   — SF Eye   "Rich and powerful . . .Charnas has a clear-eyed, complex view of how the search for power, security, and freedom fuels a constant evolution in human relations."   — The NY Review of Science Fiction