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Originally Posted by Elsi
There's a noticeable lack of female authors in these lists!! OK, that may be because of the women whose books I enjoy, the majority write fantasy rather than science fiction. But there are a couple of authors I truly can recommend.
Try Julie E Czerneda.
The second author I'll recommend is C J Cherryh. Rider at the Gate is the first in her Nighthorse duology and Foreigner is the first in a series of at least 7 books (may be more by now).
And the third before I quit is S L Viehl. Her Stardoc series is outstanding. Start with Stardoc and read on through the eight others in this series.
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Yeah, I like Czerneda a lot. I haven't gotten around to Viehl though I've meant to.
Bacon! Cherryh's horses are sort of the antithesis of Mercedes Lackey's. Carnivorous horses that think the arrival of bacon (by shipwrecked human colonists) the single most important event in the history of the world.
heh, It's not really a funny book - it's just got chewy bits of humor in it.
Foreigner is 11 books now, 4 trilogies rather than a 12 book series. I like her Foreigner set but my favorites are in her Alliance/Union set - Pride of Chanur and the 3 book series that continues it, and Heavy Time, Merchanters Luck, the Faded Sun trilogy. She's written 2 of my top 10 sci-fi favorites. I hope to see them in ebook when she finishes setting up book sales on her website shortly. I just love her rolling downhill, pell mell writing style.
Bujold, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Connie Willis, Octavia Butler, Ursula Le Guin, Jo Walton, James Tiptree Jr (Alice somebody), Pat Cadigan, Joan D. Vinge, Nancy Kress, Vonda McIntyre, McCaffrey, some of Kage Baker... - all excellent writers, not excellent "female" writers. Happy to recommend them all. And this is just sci-fi, not fantasy.