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2026-03-09 03:38 UTC
Nora *fucking* Jemisin has won, so far, *three* Hugo Best Novel awards, two of them back to back, one for each book in the Broken Earth trilogy.
Ann Leckie's creations are universally regarded as top-notch sf.
Elizabeth Moon, with hard sf in usually military settings.
Octavia Butler was basically a god.
Martha Wells is big these days cuz of the MurderBot books, but her backlist is fantastic.
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@GeePawHill@mastodon.social 2026-03-09 03:43
Ursula Leguin, who I think might have been the first female sf/f author I ever read whose name made it clear she was female, is, of course, *legendary*. Arkady Martine has done some truly impressive work, esp. _A Desolation Called Peace_. There are also writers who don't specialize in sf/f, but who have written there: Margaret Atwood's _Oryx and Crake_ stands out. As does Mary Doria Russell's *stunning* _Sparrow_ duology. (Be prepared to feel sad.)