Post #2225791
2026-03-09 03:55 UTC
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@roytoo@mstdn.social 2026-03-09 04:12
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social I'm a fan of Elizabeth Bear who has written in numerous genres. Jenny Casey sf trilogy White Space sf series New Amsterdam series (steam punk, alternate history, vampire) Karen Memory series (steam punk, western)
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@keydelk@fosstodon.org 2026-03-09 04:13
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social Ursula LeGuin is the GOAT. I discovered her Earthsea fantasy series around 11 or 12, and I’m do glad that I did. More recently, I discovered @susankayequinn@wandering.shop here on Mastodon. While I’ve only read a few of her stories, they are really good.
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@jasonaowen@recurse.social 2026-03-09 04:13
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social I quite enjoyed the Stars Uncharted books by Sherylyn and Karen Dunstall, and the Linesman trilogy is on my to-read list: https://www.skdunstall.com/book-table-2/
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@wndxlori@ruby.social 2026-03-09 04:29
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social oh boy, where to start… Diane Duane Jo Clayton Carole Nelson Douglas Ru Emerson Barbara Hambly Katharine Kerr Katherine Kurtz Mercedes Lackey Anne McCaffrey Robin McKinley Patricia McKillop Diana Paxson Melanie Rawn Jennifer Roberson Midori Snyder Sherri S Tepper Deborah Turner Harris Rebecca Yarros
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@simmdan@hachyderm.io 2026-03-09 04:59
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social Anne McCaffrey
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@keithmann@mastodon.online 2026-03-09 05:02
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social A few from my Goodreads list: Yoko Ogawa Alix Harrow Olga Ravn R.F Kuang Kerstin Hall Kelly Link Katherine Arden T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon) Tlotlo Tsamaase Fernanda Trías Kaliane Bradley Madeline Ashby S.L. Huang Emily Tesh Emma Törzs Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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@vocumsineratio@hachyderm.io 2026-03-09 05:38
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social You already mentioned Arkady Martine; but in case you are one of today's lucky 10,000: Rose/House is fucking fantastic. I didn't see you mention Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms, who teamed up under the pen name "M. A. Carrick" to deliver the "Rook and Rose" trilogy (criminal underclass plus tarot plus Zorro save the world). Also Victoria Goddard: Lays of the Hearth Fire
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@kristinHenry@vis.social 2026-03-09 06:03
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social I love Julie Czerneda's sci-fi books. I think my favorites are in her Species Imperative trilogy: https://bookshop.org/p/books/survival-species-imperative-1-julie-e-czerneda/36f8e644f506c6e2 Editing to add: She used to have an account on mastodon, but I haven't seen her be active here in ages.
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@Fcksd@todon.eu 2026-03-09 06:07
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social Becky Chambers Nathalie Maher
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@Rhube@wandering.shop 2026-03-09 06:08
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social Martha Wells, for the Murderbot series. Megan Lindholm (better known as Robin Hobb), for Alien Earth - it's her only science fiction work, but it blew me away. Of course, the first science fiction writer was Margaret Cavendish. The Blazing World is a very interesting read, although it's early long-form prose, so not as easy to read as Frankenstein, which so many people think was the first. I'd also put Anne McCaffrey there, especially for The Ship Who Sang and Freedom's Landing.
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@0xdecafbad@mastodon.social 2026-03-09 06:20
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social Thanks for the list (and thread)! I would add JS Dewes: both her standalone “Rubicon” book and The Divide trilogy were enjoyable reads.
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@thomas_shone@infosec.exchange 2026-03-09 06:51
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social Hugo, Nebula and Locus award winning @marthawells@wandering.shop , known for her scifi Murderbot series, has also published a number of fantasy books too. I recommend starting with the Witch King.
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@Firlefanz@writing.exchange 2026-03-09 07:29
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social I've read a lot of the authors you mention. Anne McCaffrey introduced me to "good" dragons, and it took me decades to get over the awe of her and write dragon tales of my own. I love Valdemar as a setting, and Black Gryphon is a masterpiece. (The other gryphon books less so.) But can we look at contemporary authors, too? I love Lindsay Buroker for her snark (and her dragons). She does great steampunk and urban fantasy. Well... and I have a handful of books, too. Pretty please?
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@bluejay@ohai.social 2026-03-09 12:45
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot books and the Wayfarers series - great hopepunk/solarpunk stuff Katherine Addison, The Goblin Emperor Ruthanna Emrys, A Half-Built Garden Kage Baker’s The Company series - outstanding, and a shame it seems to be a bit forgotten these days. Same for Rosemary Kirstein and her Steerswoman series. Aliette de Bodard’s Vietnam-inspired space fantasies Zen Cho - excellent British as well as Malaysian-inspired fantasies