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artifact · 05-05-2012, 01:04 AM

As a female reader I'll second Liaden (Lee & Miller) and Vorkosigan (Bujold) as less tech and more story and character space operas. Campell's Lost Fleet might be a bit a bit too ship and war focused.

I've heard that Sheri. S. Tepper is considered feminist SciFi so there is another sub-genre not yet mentioned. The book that got me started on her is Grass. I also vote for Raising the Stones or Fresco. For a giggle at turning the gender tables there is Six Moon Dance which is set on a world where the men wear face veils lest women get lured into lust looking at beards.

Edit:
Oh! We forgot Anne McCaffery. There is another I'd consider 'light' SciFi. Too many books to mention by name

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05-05-2012, 01:04 AM	#28
artifact Addict Posts: 276 Karma: 3569616 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: jetBook (RIP), Kobo Touch	As a female reader I'll second Liaden (Lee & Miller) and Vorkosigan (Bujold) as less tech and more story and character space operas. Campell's Lost Fleet might be a bit a bit too ship and war focused. I've heard that Sheri. S. Tepper is considered feminist SciFi so there is another sub-genre not yet mentioned. The book that got me started on her is Grass. I also vote for Raising the Stones or Fresco. For a giggle at turning the gender tables there is Six Moon Dance which is set on a world where the men wear face veils lest women get lured into lust looking at beards. Edit: Oh! We forgot Anne McCaffery. There is another I'd consider 'light' SciFi. Too many books to mention by name . Last edited by artifact; 05-05-2012 at 01:11 AM.