Science fiction by women authors

[Ian Whates]

What Mammoth title would that be, Ian?

The Mammoth Book of SF Wars, FE. It's at the proofing stage at present and will be released next year.

 

[Fried Egg]

The Mammoth Book of SF Wars, FE. It's at the proofing stage at present and will be released next year.

Sounds interesting Ian, thanks.

 

[Connavar]

If you're looking for reviews of sf books by women writers, you could check out SF Mistressworks.

I read that and thought i must read her and her and her ah!

I follow your blog for interesting articles like that. I like to research what i will read in the near future. I dont want to read only classic,golden age SF only.

 

[antiloquax]

"Native Tongue" by Suzette Haden Elgin is great.
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[Ackernon]

i have to say that if I like the story, I don't notice if it was written by a male or female author. C. J. Cherryh and Orson Scott Card are two of my favorite authors without regard to sex.

 

[TomMazanec]

I kept Communipath Worlds by Suzette Haden Elgin after my 2005 book sale because it incorporated one of my favorite short stories "For the Sake of Grace".
And I kept less than 1% of my books.

 

[Lew Rockwell Fan]

Sarah A. Hoyt is great.

 

[Rodders]

I always felt that the Star Trek books, especially the earlier ones), had a very good ratio of female and male authors.

I have downloaded Anne Leckie’s “Ancilliary“ books.

 

[Vertigo]

I always felt that the Star Trek books, especially the earlier ones), had a very good ratio of female and male authors.

I have downloaded Anne Leckie’s “Ancilliary“ books.

I enjoyed those except for the last one, Provenance, which is only loosely related being a totally different story not even set in the Raadch Empire. I found that one very much poorer than the Ancillary books which were good. They had their flaws and certainly weren't 5 star books but were very good enjoyable reads set in an intriguing universe. I liked her totally gender-non-specific approach in those but hated it in Provenance!

 

[Vince W]

I always felt that the Star Trek books, especially the earlier ones), had a very good ratio of female and male authors.

Diane Duane wrote some of the best Star Trek books ever. I still think the Bra' Trek reboot should have used Vonda N. McIntyre to write the scripts.

 

[Danny McG]

Sheri S Tepper Raising the Stones is my current reading.
Really good

 

[BAYLOR]

The Heads of Cerberus Francis Stevens also by her The Nightmare and other Tales of Dark Fantasy


Her real name was Gertrude Barrows Bennet 1883 to 1948 .

 

[BAYLOR]

Tanith Lee wrote some amazing fantasy and she wrote some pretor good science fiction , The Electric Forest.

C S Friedman written some excellent stuff.

In Conquest Born
The Madness Season
The ColdFore Trilogy

Ann Maxwell

Timeshadow Rider

 

[Guttersnipe]

I've read The Mount by Carol Emshwiller and Anthem by Ayn Rand. I agree that it's male-dominated. So sad.

As for classic sci-fi female authors, I'd suggest Katherine MacLean and Clare Winger Harris.

 

[Ambrose]

What about Zenna Henderson?

 

[Timebender]

Of course, I feel a discussion of woman SF authors would be remiss to not include Madeliene L'Engle, even if her boosk went back and forth between science-fiction and science-fantasy.

 

[JimC]

Leigh Brackett
Andre Norton
C.L. Moore
were superb.
Brackett was also great with screen plays (Rio Bravo, The Big Sleep, etc.).