@orbitbooks Ursula Le Guin, definitely. Everything. I also really like the Vorkosigan Saga, though I don't know how SF that is. And: PERN.
— Per-Ewa-ral Vision (@EwaSR) October 17, 2013
#womeninSF – Your Favorites and Ours
Yesterday Ann Leckie and Rachel Bach appeared on RT Book Reviews to discuss some of the female writers of science fiction who inspired them, and their favorites. Afterwards, we asked you on Twitter to name some of YOUR favorites. Read on below for recommendations of some great science fiction books!
Ann Leckie’s Favorites
Leigh Brackett, People of the Talisman
Octavia Butler, the Xenogenesis Trilogy
CJ Cherryh, Foreigner
CJ Cherryh, Downbelow Station
Andre Norton, The Zero Stone
Andre Norton, Sargasso of Space
Eleanor Arnason, A Woman of the Iron People
Ursula K LeGuin, The Left Hand of Darkness
Vonda McIntyre, Dreamsnake
Madeline L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog
L. Timmel Duchamp, The Marq’ssan Cycle
ANCILLARY JUSTICE (US | UK | AUS) is available now! Look for it online and in stores everywhere or read an excerpt here.
Rachel Bach’s Favorites
Ursula K. Le GuinLeft The Left Hand of Darkness & The Word for World is Forest
Anne McCaffrey, The Ship Who Sang & Crystal Singer
Anything by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Ann McCaffrey, the Prime series
Elizabeth Moon, The Speed of the Dark
FORTUNE’S PAWN (US | UK | AUS) releases next month! Pre-order your copy today or read an excerpt here.
@orbitbooks that said, the best I've read recently was totally Ancillary Justice.
— Per-Ewa-ral Vision (@EwaSR) October 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/ManOfFandoms/status/390939611708805120
https://twitter.com/ULTRAGOTHA/status/391022001986355200
@orbitbooks I've recently fallen for Kameron Hurley's Bel Dame Apocrypha series.
— deidredykes in the sky too (@DeidreDykes) October 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/rachelcrowl/status/391002363307126785
https://twitter.com/BlueTyson/status/391001369496129536
https://twitter.com/WillShetterly/status/390944288726474753
@orbitbooks anything by Gwyneth Jones, Marq'ssan Cycle bt L Timmel Duchamp, anything by Justina Robson, Susan R Matthews #womeninsf
— Ian Sales 🇪🇺 🇸🇪 (@ian_sales) October 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/Tomcat_Redroom/status/390940160965103616
https://twitter.com/hawkwing_lb/status/390939259458170881
https://twitter.com/hawkwing_lb/status/390939557656399872
https://twitter.com/hawkwing_lb/status/390940031797317632
@orbitbooks the queen of #womeninsf – Ursula K Le Guin
— Make9 (@make9spofforth) October 17, 2013
@orbitbooks currently loving Bujold's Vorkosigan books.
— Forever Springs (@jozebwrites) October 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/JayStephens/status/390935385314189312
@orbitbooks Theirs Not To Reason Why quadrilogy by Jean Johnson. Or The Gildar Rift by Sarah Cawkwell.
— The Paladin Journal (@abhinavjain87) October 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/eruditeogre/status/390933970382114816
@orbitbooks Too many to list. Bujold's Memory, Cherryh's Atevi books, Wrede & Stevermer's Sorcery and Cecelia, Bear's Range of Ghosts…
— Alec Austin (@AlecAustin) October 17, 2013
@orbitbooks I really enjoyed The Sparrow too… Has Tricia Sullivan been mentioned?
— WaterstonesLeedsSF&F (@SFandFantasyWSL) October 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/AnneLyle/status/390932560949559296
@orbitbooks The Nanotech Succession novels by Kathleen Ann Goonan; The Jenny Casey novels of Elizabeth Bear (also her one-shot CARNIVAL)
— Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer (@PrinceJvstin) October 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/KevinGilmartin/status/390930906900230145
https://twitter.com/dickie_bell/status/390928982998151168
@orbitbooks Mary Doria Russell #womeninsf
— Juliet Mushens (@mushenska) October 17, 2013
@orbitbooks Margaret Atwood, Mary Shelley, Cherie Priest, Ayn Rand. (more fantasy than sci-fi – Steph Swainston) #womeninsf
— North Lanarkshire Libraries (@LibrariesNL) October 17, 2013
@orbitbooks C.S. Friedman's SF is excellent, too. THIS ALIEN SHORE, IN CONQUEST BORN. Of course, there's Lois Bujold's VORKOSIGAN #womeninsf
— Rob H. Bedford 📖 🍺 (@RobHBedford) October 17, 2013
@orbitbooks XENOGENESIS by Octavia Butler and DAWN in particular is an astounding work, THE SPARROW by Mary Doria Russell #womeninsf
— Rob H. Bedford 📖 🍺 (@RobHBedford) October 17, 2013
@orbitbooks I reckon Among Others by Jo Walton will come to be regarded with great affection by genre fiction fans. I love it. #womeninsf
— WaterstonesLeedsSF&F (@SFandFantasyWSL) October 17, 2013
@orbitbooks PRIDE OF CHANUR, BORDERS OF INFINITY, CONFLICT OF HONORS, PRICE OF THE STARS, TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG #womeninsf
— Constellation Books(She/Her/Hers) (@ConstellationBo) October 17, 2013
@orbitbooks LHoD, Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, Ammonite, Mission Child, Dreamsnake, Kindred, Doomsday Book #womeninsf
— Sarah Pinsker (@SarahPinsker) October 17, 2013
@orbitbooks @EmApocalyptic's "split worlds" books, @Cadigan's "Synners", "Oryx & Crake by @MargaretAtwood, @SarahPinborough's books…
— Ade Couper 💙 (@akc_0123) October 17, 2013
@orbitbooks he she and it; marge piercy, silver metal lover; tanith lee , ride(catch the) lightning by catherine asaro…
— stacey agdern, dating contract is out! (@nystacey) October 17, 2013
@orbitbooks Ursula K. LeGuin, almost all of her work, But especially Left Hand of Darkness
— Ignacio Lector (@IgnacioLector) October 17, 2013
@orbitbooks my favourite sci-fi series is defo @kenyonsherrilyn #TheLeagueseries
— Amy Tyrer (@AmyTyrer) October 17, 2013
@orbitbooks anything by James Tiptree Jr. #womeninsf
— Kiyash Monsef (@kiyash) October 17, 2013
@gavreads @orbitbooks the Hidden Empire series by Jaine Fenn.
— ElonKilledIt (@pippajaygreen) October 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/dauwhe/status/390917999235829761
https://twitter.com/Violin_InA_Void/status/390917915051970560
https://twitter.com/gavreads/status/390917806356967424
Any others you would like to name? Go ahead and give them a shout-out in the comments!
