Russ’s sci-fi novel Picnic on Paradise, a sci-fi thriller, takes place on Paradise, a resort planet that is a war zone.
Paradise is a resort planet that becomes a war zone in which Alyx, a woman from the past, is brought to life in a future world. She is charged with guiding a group of tourists across the snowy mountainous landscape to safety.
Picnic on Paradise is a sarcastic joke. The planet is not a paradise, and Alyx’s journey is no picnic.
See Joanna Russ. Picnic on Paradise. New York: Ace Books, 1968.