[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

Here:

http://www.mania.com/top-15-greatest...le_112611.html

I think they were generous ranking her at 12 but even there it is clear she is hardly the most famous SF writer. Not even terribly important in the larger context of the history of the genre. Well behind Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke. And Doc Smith, Fritz Leiber, Ray Bradbury, Catherine Moore, Leigh Brackett, Andre Norton, Octavia Butler, and other pioneers.

Here:
http://www.mania.com/top-20-greatest...le_114266.html

The fantasy list speaks for itself.

I am very much aware that many litfic aficionados consider LeGuin one of their own rather than an SF or Fantasy writer.

Given recent developments I'd let them have her.

I am really disappointed in that list and the "almost" lists. There are at least two or three other female writers that should have made some of those lists. Perhaps the person making the list just hadn't read enough female writers.