![]() ![]() But when you need her, here she comes to save the day, doing it for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Valente, and Ive written a whole lot of fantasy novels-other than the ones in the header, Im responsible for Six Gun Snow White, the Prester John series, Radiance, Speak Easy, and a mess of others. She finishes off her foes in one glorious masterstroke, but the minute she’s gone, all the wickedness and darkness of the scheming, teeming world comes rushing back in. From the New York Times bestselling author Catherynne Valente comes a ferocious riff on the women in superhero comics. From the assorted villanies that plague the common man. ![]() Then she goes out into the big, bad night and saves people from loneliness. She takes every blow that comes her way like she doesn’t even feel it. She explores her power, learns a specialty move or two, sweats her way through a training montage, throwing out punny quips here, there, and everywhere. Somebody makes her a costume – skintight – revealing, a flattering color, nothing much left to the imagination. She chooses a new name – something over the top, flamboyant, a little arrogant, with a tinge of the epic. ![]() One day, an intrepid, fresh-faced young woman discovers that she has a talent. “Becoming a porn star is pretty much exactly like becoming a superhero. ![]()
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