{"id":7347,"date":"2016-08-15T14:43:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T19:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/?p=7347"},"modified":"2016-08-15T14:43:54","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T19:43:54","slug":"60-essential-science-fiction-fantasy-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/2016\/08\/15\/60-essential-science-fiction-fantasy-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"60 Essential Science Fiction &#038; Fantasy Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ladybusiness.dreamwidth.org\/2016\/08\/08\/60-essential-science-fiction-fantasy-reads.html\">How many have you read<\/a>? Mine are bolded below, with links to reviews where available.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><cite>Grimspace<\/cite> by Ann Aguirre<\/li>\n<li><cite>Primary Inversion<\/cite> by Catherine Asaro<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2015\/01\/the-handmaids-tale-margaret-atwood\/\">The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale<\/a><\/strong> by Margaret Atwood<\/li>\n<li><cite>Range of Ghosts<\/cite> by Elizabeth Bear<\/li>\n<li><cite>Flesh and Spirit<\/cite> by Carol Berg<\/li>\n<li><cite>Chime<\/cite> by Franny Billingsley<\/li>\n<li><cite>Daughter of the Blood<\/cite> by Anne Bishop<\/li>\n<li><cite>Tithe<\/cite> by Holly Black<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Long Tomorrow<\/cite> by Leigh Brackett<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2010\/11\/shards-of-honor-lois-mc-master-bujold-reread\/\">Cordelia&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"\/books2\/2012\/07\/barrayar-lois-mc-master-bujold\/\">Honor<\/a><\/strong> by Lois McMaster Bujold<\/li>\n<li><strong>War for the Oaks<\/strong> by Emma Bull<\/li>\n<li><cite>Parable of the Sower<\/cite> by Octavia Butler<\/li>\n<li><cite>Synners<\/cite> by Pat Cadigan<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2011\/05\/foreigner-c-j-cherryh\/\">Foreigner<\/a><\/strong> by C.J. Cherryh<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books\/jonathan-strange-and-mr-norrell.html\">Jonathan Strange &#038; Mr. Norrell<\/a><\/strong> by Susanna Clarke<\/li>\n<li><cite>Survival<\/cite> by Julie E. Czerneda<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books\/tamlin.html\">Tam Lin<\/a><\/strong> by Pamela Dean<\/li>\n<li><cite>King&#8217;s Dragon<\/cite> by Kate Elliott<\/li>\n<li><cite>Black Sun Rising<\/cite> by C.S. Friedman<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2012\/07\/slow-river-nicola-griffith\/\">Slow River<\/a><\/strong> by Nicola Griffith<\/li>\n<li><cite>Dragonsbane<\/cite> by Barbara Hambly<\/li>\n<li><cite>Fly by Night<\/cite> by Frances Hardinge<\/li>\n<li><cite>Assassin&#8217;s Apprentice<\/cite> by Robin Hobb<\/li>\n<li><strong>The God Stalker Chronicles<\/strong> by P.C. Hodgell<\/li>\n<li><cite>Brown Girl in the Ring<\/cite> by Nalo Hopkinson<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2012\/02\/valors-choice-tanya-huff\/\">Valor&#8217;s Choice<\/a><\/strong> by Tanya Huff<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2013\/07\/gods-war-kameron-hurley\/\">God&#8217;s War<\/a><\/strong> by Kameron Hurley<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2014\/11\/the-dreamblood-duology-n-k-jemisin\/\">The Killing Moon<\/a><\/strong> by N.K. Jemisin<\/li>\n<li><cite>Howl&#8217;s Moving Castle<\/cite> by Diana Wynne Jones<\/li>\n<li><cite>Daggerspell<\/cite> by Katharine Kerr<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2014\/09\/the-steerswoman-rosemary-kirstein\/\">The Steerswoman<\/a><\/strong> by Rosemary Kirstein<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beggars in Spain<\/strong> by Nancy Kress<\/li>\n<li><cite>Deryni Rising<\/cite> by Katherine Kurtz<\/li>\n<li><cite>A Wrinkle in Time<\/cite> by Madeleine L&#8217;Engle<\/li>\n<li><cite>Tender Morsels<\/cite> by Margo Lanagan<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2014\/01\/the-dispossessed-ursula-k-leguin\/\">The Dispossessed<\/a><\/strong> by Ursula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2014\/02\/ancillary-justice-ann-leckie\/\">Ancillary Justice<\/a><\/strong> by Ann Leckie<\/li>\n<li><cite>Ash<\/cite> by Malinda Lo<\/li>\n<li><cite>Warchild<\/cite> by Karin Lowachee<\/li>\n<li><cite>Legend<\/cite> by Marie Lu<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2013\/04\/dragonsong-anne-mccaffrey\/\">Dragonsong<\/a><\/strong> by Anne McCaffrey<\/li>\n<li><cite>Rosemary and Rue<\/cite> by Seanan McGuire<\/li>\n<li><cite>Dreamsnake<\/cite> by Vonda N. McIntyre<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Thief&#8217;s Gamble<\/cite> by Juliet E. McKenna<\/li>\n<li><cite>Sunshine<\/cite> by Robin McKinley<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2011\/10\/naomi-novik-temeraire\/\">His Majesty&#8217;s Dragon<\/a><\/strong> by Naomi Novik<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2015\/01\/who-fears-death-nnedi-okorafor\/\">Who Fears Death<\/a><\/strong> by Nnedi Okorafor<\/li>\n<li><cite>Diving into the Wreck<\/cite> by Kristine Kathryn Rusch<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2011\/04\/the-female-man-joanna-russ\/\">The Female Man<\/a><\/strong> by Joanna Russ<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2011\/09\/old-mans-war-john-scalzi\/\">Old Man&#8217;s War<\/a><\/strong> by John Scalzi<\/li>\n<li><cite>A Door Into Ocean<\/cite> by Joan Slonczewski<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Grass King&#8217;s Concubine<\/cite> by Kari Sperring<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Raven Boys<\/cite> by Maggie Stiefvater<\/li>\n<li><cite>City of Pearl<\/cite> by Karen Traviss<\/li>\n<li><cite>Her Smoke Rose Up Forever<\/cite> by James Tiptree, Jr.<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making<\/cite> by Catherynne M. Valente<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Snow Queen<\/cite> by Joan D. Vinge<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books2\/2010\/09\/farthing-jo-walton\/\">Farthing<\/a><\/strong> by Jo Walton<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Cloud Roads by<\/cite> Martha Wells<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/books\/tsnotd.html\">To Say Nothing of the Dog<\/a><\/strong> by Connie Willis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nSo it looks like I read roughly a third of the books listed here and that only because I realised a few years ago that I was sorely lacking in reading female SFF writers and set out to correct myself. It&#8217;s an interesting list, biased towards the recent and what you might call &#8220;fluffy&#8221; side of things, rather than the usual worthies. Having Scalzi&#8217;s debut novel as the only male entry is high level trolling and it raises an interesting contrast with e.g. Tanya Huff&#8217;s <cite>Valor&#8217;s Choice<\/cite>. Both are well written, entertaining mil-sf, but one was treated like the second coming of Heinlein and the other was &#8230;not.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSlightly off tangent, going to Amazon and looking up the ebook versions of some of these books was an exercise in frustration. Who decided that eight bucks was an acceptable price for an ebook, barely cheaper than the paperback version, if not higher? Even when the book in question was first published years or decades ago? They think I&#8217;m made of money?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many have you read? 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