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| Topics | | messages | Last message | | | Science Fiction Fans : Female Authors | | 88 | horselover_cross, December 2009 |  |
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I think all three of those books are nominally SF - although I haven't read Wild Life it did win the Tiptree Award. Sarah Canary I have read and I would call it SF and it was nominated for the Nebula. I would agree with your assessment of it.
Others that might or might not be classed as ... ... of the stories are SF though).
Molly Gloss has also not been mentioned. Her Dazzle of Day was quite good, if bleak. Wild Life won the Tiptree Award.
Suzy McKee Charnas's Holdfast Chronicles are stellar. It begins with Walk to the End of the World. Then follows Motherlines, The Fu ... ... the Russian tome) is one of the best American novels. Glad to see such appreciation!
My top for May would have to be
Wild Life by Molly Gloss
Small Island by Andrea Levy
War and Peace by that Tolstoy guy I've just left the early 20th century forests of Wild Life in the Pacific Northwest and have found myself in Dublin in The Gathering, while still traveling around Russia in War and Peace. I finished up a Molly Gloss book yesterday, Wild Life, which was very enjoyable. Now reading The Gathering. And That Tolstoy Book, still.
#5 lindsacl - I enjoyed the movie version of Oscar and Lucinda; haven't read the book yet but I'm looking forward to that - I have a few Carey books ... ... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0618131574.01._SX140_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg">
35. Wild Life by Molly Gloss. I thought this was fantastic. Thoroughly engaging story, wonderful strong female protagonist, good writing.
The story is told via ... A trip to Goodwill found me Wild Life by Molly Gloss and Four Spirits by Sena Jeter Naslund. Both on my TBR list, now on my TBR pile.
Edited to coax touchstones.... ... Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down by Colin Woodward
41. House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
42. Wild Life by Molly Gloss
43. The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester
44. A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin ... A few that are slipstreamy & are really well-written & engrossing:
* Wild Life : A Novel by Molly Gloss
* Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
* Nadya: The Wolf Chronicles by Pat Murphy
* I really enjoyed Molly Gloss' The Dazzle of Day and Wild Life.
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