@booklet {3988, title = {"My Lady Tongue"}, howpublished = {Matilda at the Speed of Light}, year = {1988}, note = {

Rpt. in\ The Women Who Walk Through Fire: Women\&$\#$39;s Fantasy and Science Fiction Vol. 2. Ed. Susanna J. Sturgis (Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1990), 208-55; in her\ My Lady Tongue and Other Stories\ (London: Heinemann, 1990/Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: William Heinemann Australia, 1990), 75-133 [London edition has Stories rather than Tales]; in\ Mortal Fire: Best Australian SF. Ed. Terry [Terence William] Dowling and Van Ikin (Rydalmere, NSW, Australia: Hodder \& Stoughton (Australia), 1993), 274-320; in\ Centaurus: The Best Australian Science Fiction. Ed. David G. Hartwell and Damien [Francis] Broderick (New York: Tor, 1999), 150-87; and in her\ Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies: The Essential Lucy Sussex\ (Greenwood, WA, Australia: Ticonderoga publications, 2011), 71-112.

}, month = {1988}, pages = {205-50}, publisher = {Angus \& Robertson}, address = {North Ryde, NSW, Australia}, abstract = {

A lesbian community as a eutopia in conflict with men. The community is presented as a set of complex interactions among the women within the community, with issues around the degrees of lesbianism. Much of the story is also concerned with a relationship the protagonist had with a man.\ 

}, keywords = {Aotearoa New Zealand author, Australian author, Female author}, author = {Lucy [Jane] Sussex (b. 1957)}, editor = {Damien [Francis] Broderick (b. 1944)} }