originally posted in:Writers Corner
I'm setting out to remedy a likely deficiency in the body of my readings, which is a distinct lack of female authors. I'm aware that I'm probably doing this for the wrong reason, but what the hell, this is something I'm comfortable doing for the plain old dumb reason that it's politicaly correct. That and I'm curious.
I've started with something I've had my eye on for a while: Ursula Le Guin's [i]Earthsea Quartet.[/i] So far I'm enjoying it. She's an excellent writer. Deft, even. But that's expected, given her reputation.
So this is a general call for names: female authors who write fantasy or Sci-fi, or anything surreal or fantastic in that vein that you may know of. I'm running this through Writers Corner because in the long run it'll probably yield more serious replies.
Oh, and I'm not reading Anne McCaffrey level stuff. To be clear: No Anne McCaffrey, Raymond Feist, Robert Jordan or George R. R. Martin level dreck. Maybe that makes my request hard to help with, but if you're going to read a book it might as well be a good book.
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Shannon Hale writes good fantasy. You should check out her Books of Bayern series. It's about a princess. And there's magic, too, but it's really subtle in a way that makes it seem almost believable. It's good!
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Misha Defonseca did some good fantasy.
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ann rice
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J.K. Rowling, anyone?
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Karen Traviss for her Gears of War novels, at the least.
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inb4 Stephanie Meyer
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Karen Miller: Kingmaker Kingbreaker/Fisherman's Children Sara Douglas: Wayfarer Redemption Both are fantasy. Wayfarer gets a touch of Sci-fi towards the later bits, very interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed them.
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Well, I have a French-Canadian friend who is writing something apparently. I just have no idea what, because she won't share it, because it's in French.
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George R. R. Martin dreck. What exactly makes his dreck, and Ursula Le Guin not dreck? Would you consider Tolkien to be "dreck"?