What are your top ten SF books by women from the last ten years?
Which reminds me, I enjoyed reading about Kat's adventures in
stephanieburgis's A Most Improper Magick. For the first half, I kept feeling that it wanted to be an Aventure story, but was stuck indoors in a small house; then it took off, cross-country, with ruins, highwaymen, magic, and punching people. Symbolism threw me out of the story very briefly once: anything painted olive long ago, in a place where there used to be an Olivia, is implicitly connected for me, even if it's not meant to be. Overall, it's like Georgette Heyer for 12 year olds, with magic.
I'm currently readingpapersky's Lifelode; so far, so very good.
Which reminds me, I enjoyed reading about Kat's adventures in
stephanieburgis's A Most Improper Magick. For the first half, I kept feeling that it wanted to be an Aventure story, but was stuck indoors in a small house; then it took off, cross-country, with ruins, highwaymen, magic, and punching people. Symbolism threw me out of the story very briefly once: anything painted olive long ago, in a place where there used to be an Olivia, is implicitly connected for me, even if it's not meant to be. Overall, it's like Georgette Heyer for 12 year olds, with magic.I'm currently reading
papersky's Lifelode; so far, so very good.
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Body of Glass -Marge Piercy
The gate to women's county -Sheri Tepper
The female man -Joanna Russ
The tombs of Atuan or The left hand of darkness -Ursula Le Guin
Temeraire- Throne of Jade -Naomi Novik
Living with Ghosts -Kari Sperring
Sunshine -Robin McKinley
Shards of honour Lois Mc Master Bujold
Poison Study Maria v Snyder
Guardians of Paradise Jaine Fenn
The handmaid's tale Margaret Atwood
Empire of bones Liz Williams
Oh, I seem to have failed to count but can't bear to delete any of these.If I was doing a unisex list, I would have to add "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson, "A canticle for Leibowitz" Walter J Miller and "The star fraction" Ken Macleod .
Consider sending your list of Niall, who's collecting them?
P.S. This is a really interesting list in its own right: what you come up with off the top of your head when asked for your top 10 sf books by women, regardless of publication date.
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And I JUST discovered a brand new author that I am loving - Glenda Larke. I suppose hers are more fantasy also but her world-building is wonderful.
And agh, what a tough question...especially since it's SF rather than fantasy. (I'd have a much easier time with that!) But here goes:
Justina Robson's Living Next Door to the God of Love and also Natural History and Mappa Mundi
Tricia Sullivan's Lightborn
Connie Willis's Passage
Liz Williams's The Poison Master and Empire of Bones
Lois McMaster Bujold's A Civil Campaign (I think it was published within the last ten years, although I'm not 100% certain)
Sandra Macdonald's The Outback Stars
Ann Aguirre's Grimspace
Wow. Now I want to go back and re-read all of those!
Do consider emailing Naill with your list! vector.editors@gmail.com
And I've just emailed Niall. :)
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Justina Robson, Mappa Mundi
Sheri S Tepper, The Margarets
Frances Hardinge, Fly By Night
Diana Wynne Jones, The Pinhoe Egg
Naomi Novik, Temeraire
Ursula K Le Guin, The Other Wind
Elizabeth Moon, Speed of Dark
Connie Willis, Passage
Lloyd Rose, Doctor Who: Camera Obscura
A few others that would have been on the list but weren't quite published during the last ten years:
Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow
Lois McMaster Bujold, Komarr and A Civil Campaign
Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog and Bellwether