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As soon as I've finished the Pellinor series I can hear the Phoenix Legacy calling.
When I read Sci Fi or Fantasy I don't expect to find romance, sometimes it works (in small doses or at the very end - ie boy meets girl, we know that they are meant to be together, but the romance doesn't detract from the main story).
I could believe that about Rowling. By the 4th or 5th novel, I was pre-ordering on Amazon while others were waiting in lines at midnight. I got mine at 9am on Saturday, about 8 hours after they got theirs. The stores were clogged all weekend, too.
Probably, and I'm sure that they counted all those pre-ordered books as sold on the day of release which would pump up the number, as well.
Kristine, Carolyn's right in noting that the specific SF focus was requested in the original post. But there are a lot of brilliant female writers of fantasy too --if you're interested in those, why not start a similar discussion thread with that focus? My guess is that it would generate as many posts as this one has! :-)
Some of my favorites are:C J Cherryh
Andre Norton
Lois McMaster Bujold
Pat Murphy
Elizabeth Bear
Connie Willis
Elizabeth Moon
Kate Wilhelm
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Anne McCaffrey
Kristine Smith
Karen Traviss
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Karin Lowachee
Sherri S. Tepper
I think The Chanur Saga and Downbelow Station by Cherryh C. J. are some of the best sci-fi I have ever read and would recommend them to everyone.
I have to admit I haven't read that many female sci-fi/fantasy authors, but I do also like Anne McCaffrey. I did like Aurian by Maggie Furey but I just haven't got round to reading the rest of the series.
James :-)
My personal favorite female Sci-Fi authorsElizabeth Moon - She's great with characters. I highly recommend Remnant Population and The Speed of Dark.
Lois McMaster Bujold - I can't help it, I love the Vorkosigan series
C.S. Friedman - This Alien Shore is one of my all time favorite books.
Michele wrote: ...Sheri S. Tepper - amazing work, and (thankfully) a good amount of it so if you like her, there's lots to keep you busy. (There's nothing more frustrating than reading a fabulous book and then finding out the author hasn't written any more!) Quite a lot of her books have something to do with gender roles; her worldbuilding is topnotch, and there's usually a little flavor of mystery thrown in as well. Top picks: Grass, The Gate to Women's Country, and Gibbon's Decline and Fall."
Sheri Tepper is one of my favourate authors, her books can be a little preachy at times, favourate topics sexual politics, ecology, and religious bigotry. But in most cases the story usually as a good enough pace that things don't get bogged down by the speeches.
My favourates are "Plague of Angels", "Grass", "Raising Stones" and "Sideshow"
Ursula K. le Guin and Margaret Atwood are my favorites.
Found many new ones I want to check out after reading this thread, though...
Connie Willis' "To Say Nothing of the Dog" is a hilarious trip into what happens when beauracracy and time travel intersect, with the threat of cosmic annihilation looming meekly compared to the personal drama.
Elizabeth Moon's "The Speed of Dark" is a fascinating look inside the mind of a man with autism.
Umm i know she only written Fantasy but I loved "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell" by Susanne Clarke.
Patricia Mckillip only wrote one SF novel, Fool's Run, but it is very well done.Another woman who wrote both F & SF was C. L. Moore. She married Kuttner and they wrote as a team later. Moore wrote about Northwest Smith in short stories.
I also think Zenna Henderson one of the best writers in her day.
http://www.adherents.com/lit/bk_Zenna.ht...
I also loved "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell." I thought it had a strong "Harry Potter" feel to it. I wonder when Susanne Clarke will write something new?
Jason, Susannah Clarke has a short story collection out, The Ladies of Grace Adieu. I haven't read it, but I understand it's set in the same alternate early 19th-century English milieu as the novel (which I also really liked!).
Marion Zimmer Bradley is one that immediately comes to mind. I fell in love when I read Mists of Avalon. How could you not?Not sci-fi I know....
Ryan wrote: "Marion Zimmer Bradley is one that immediately comes to mind. I fell in love when I read Mists of Avalon. How could you not?
Not sci-fi I know...."
Well, The Mists of Avalon is always worth mentioning, as far as I'm concerned. = )
MZB is one of my favorite authors - the entire Darkover series is great science fiction (some of it with a fantasy feel), although most of the rest of her writing is fantasy.
Connie Willis'Passage is also excellent. Not funny like To Say Nothing of the Dog, but memorable. After reading it, my husband and I always refer to the Titanic when the topic of near death experiences comes up.
Werner wrote: "Jason, Susannah Clarke has a short story collection out, The Ladies of Grace Adieu."
Thanks Werner! I'll have to check that out.
Jerin1701 wrote: "...such a great writress."
OK, I just have to respond to this - you mean writer or author, right? or did you mean writers in the plural?
There is no 'special' gendered term for female writers (thank goodness!)
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