Walk to the End of the World

Walk to the End of the World (1974) is the first novel in Suzy McKee Charnas's Holdfast Chronicles, set in the aftermath of a catastrophe called the Wasting. The men who survived retreated to shelters and emerged to found Holdfast, a patriarchal enclave in which women, known as "fems," are held responsible for the destruction of the world and enslaved accordingly. The novel follows four characters across this landscape: a captain, a servant, a young official, and Alldera, a fem whose perspective closes the book. Charnas does not soften the society she depicts or offer easy resolution. The first hardcover edition, published by Gollancz in 1979, followed the Ballantine paperback original by five years.

Signed copy. Signed by Charnas on the front free-endpaper.

Hardcover. First English Edition, First Printing. Octavo, boards. London: Gollancz, 1979. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (72). ISBN: 057502707x. #10739.
Touch of fading to edges of boards, else fine in fine dust jacket.