{"id":3731,"date":"2010-06-09T01:18:23","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T05:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/?p=3731"},"modified":"2010-06-09T01:21:12","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T05:21:12","slug":"meme-ery-and-kibbitzing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/09\/meme-ery-and-kibbitzing\/","title":{"rendered":"Meme-ery and Kibbitzing"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few years back, I posted some comments<\/a> about a “great books in genre” list. One of the comments had to do with the lack of female writers on the list, and I tossed out 20 examples of great genre books by women.<\/p>\n

Sandra MacDonald has taken that kind of effort to a whole new level, creating a periodic table of fabulous women writers in genre over the last 75 years<\/a>. It’s kind of a cross-promotion for her new book<\/a>, but it’s a pretty impressive thing in its own right. (And nice that she left three spaces for adding more, since my list of 20 includes three authors that aren’t on her list).<\/p>\n

And, I see on my pal Gwenda’s blog<\/a> (among others), that it’s become one of those “what have you read” memes. Since I was bugging Gwenda about her picks, I guess it’s only fair that I put mine out there too. <\/p>\n

Following the rules, I\u2019ve bolded the ones I own books by, italicized the women I\u2019ve read something by, and starred those I’m unfamiliar with. For the editors, I’m assuming this means owning books they’ve edited, reading work they’ve edited, etc. I guess that means plain text is people I’ve heard of, but not read. As usual, I’ve also added some comments of my own. Results after the jump, in the interest of attention conservation.<\/p>\n


\nAndre Norton<\/strong>–I’ve got a lot of her paperbacks, mostly read them in my teens
\nC. L. Moore<\/strong>–I just started reading her recently, and just tonight I heard Jack Vance say she was one of his biggest influences, which makes me want to find more of her
\nEvangeline Walton<\/strong>–I have only her Mabinogion books, read during my high school period of fascination with all the Celtic myth cycles
\nLeigh Brackett<\/strong>–I only have the Skaith books, and the one she wrote with Hamilton, but I think I’ve read a ton of her short work
\nJudith Merril–I don’t think I’ve actually read anything by her, I know her as the patron of the Merrill Collection<\/a>.
\nJoanna Russ<\/strong>–Assigned reading as a text book in university
\nMargaret St. Clair*
\nKatherine MacLean*
\nCarol Emshwiller<\/strong>–Small Beer Press rocks.
\nMarion Zimmer Bradley<\/strong>–I have linear feet of her books.
\nZenna Henderson<\/strong>
\nMadeline L\u2019Engle<\/strong>–I suspect that very soon I’m going to be rereading some of these books, this time with my daughter. We’ll have to read A Wrinkle In Time before Hope Larson’s comic book adaptation comes out.
\nAngela Carter<\/strong>
\nUrsula LeGuin<\/strong>
\nAnne McCaffrey<\/strong>–I used to have a lot more of her books, but I got rid of all the Dragon ones several moves ago.
\nDiana Wynne Jones<\/strong>–Linear feet here too. I am greatly saddened by the news about her health, but look forward to reading many of her books with my daughter over the next few years.
\nKit Reed
\nJames Tiptree, Jr.<\/strong>–SFBC collections to the rescue here.
\nRachel Pollack<\/strong>–Some comics and a book about tarot cards here.
\nJane Yolen<\/strong>–There should be something like double bold for authors with whom you’ve danced, in their kitchen.
\nMarta Randall*
\nEleanor Arnason*
\nEllen Asher<\/strong>–Let’s just say I bought a lot more stuff from the SFBC when Ellen and Andrew were running the show.
\nPatricia A. McKillip<\/strong>
\nSuzy McKee Charnas<\/strong>
\nLisa Tuttle<\/strong>–only her GRRM collaboration, I’m afraid
\nNina Kiriki Hoffman<\/strong>–I’ve had her stuff since the very early days of Wildside Press
\nTanith Lee<\/strong>
\nPamela Sargent
\nJayge Carr*
\nVonda McIntyre<\/strong>
\nOctavia E. Butler<\/strong>
\nKate Wilhelm<\/strong>
\nChelsea Quinn Yarbro<\/strong>
\nSheila Finch*
\nMary Gentle<\/strong>–May be the author on here I have the strongest range of feelings about. Some of her books are brilliant and well-beloved-by-me, and at least one is absolutely dreadful.
\nJessica Amanda Salmonson*
\nC. J. Cherryh<\/strong>–Linear feet again. Hell, just the four series of Foreigner books take up a good amount of space, and that’s the tip of iceberg.
\nJoan D. Vinge<\/strong>
\nTeresa Nielsen Hayden<\/strong>–as both editor and author
\nEllen Kushner<\/strong>
\nEllen Datlow<\/strong>
\nNancy Kress<\/strong>
\nPat Murphy<\/strong>
\nLisa Goldstein<\/strong>–I believe I have “the complete works” on my shelves, including pseudonymous. Love her writing.
\nElizabeth Ann Scarborough<\/strong>
\nMary Turzillo*
\nConnie Willis<\/strong>–Complete works, including quite a few fancy editions
\nBarbara Hambly<\/strong>–Linear feet again, including both works in genre and out
\nNancy Holder<\/em>–I’m actually kind of loathe to admit what I’ve read here
\nSheri S. Tepper<\/strong>–Linear feet again, I’ve got about 20 of her novels, but for some reason I don’t seem to have bought anything after the mid-90s.
\nMelissa Scott<\/strong>–Linear feet, “the complete works”, love her stuff. Wish she would put out something new.
\nMargaret Atwood<\/em>–My antipathy is strong.
\nLois McMaster Bujold<\/strong>–Working on replacing my Miles books with NESFA editions as they come out.
\nJeanne Cavelos*
\nKaren Joy Fowler<\/strong>–Gwenda put me on to her years ago, and I have most of her novels now
\nLeigh Kennedy*
\nJudith Moffett<\/em>
\nRebecca Ore<\/strong>
\nEmma Bull<\/strong>–Complete works. And there should be a triple bold for authors with whom you’ve both toured Machinery Hill, and drank MacAllan 25 directly from the bottle.
\nPat Cadigan<\/strong>–Complete works. If you were paying attention you’d know her book Mindplayers was quite important to me.
\nKathyrn Cramer<\/em>
\nLaura Mixon*
\nEileen Gunn<\/em>
\nElizabeth Hand<\/strong>
\nKij Johnson
\nDelia Sherman<\/strong>
\nElizabeth Moon<\/strong>
\nMichaela Roessner<\/strong>
\nTerri Windling<\/strong>
\nSharon Lee
\nSherwood Smith*
\nKatherine Kurtz<\/strong>
\nMargo Lanagan<\/strong>
\nLaura Resnick
\nKristine Kathryn Rusch<\/strong>
\nSheila Williams<\/strong>
\nFarah Mendlesohn<\/strong>
\nGwyneth Jones<\/em>
\nArdath Mayhar*
\nEsther Friesner<\/strong>
\nDebra Doyle
\nNicola Griffith<\/strong>–Complete works, I think. (And Kelley’s novel and collection)
\nAmy Thomson*
\nMartha Wells<\/strong>–Complete works, I think. And I’ve probably given away a dozen copies of The Death Of The Necromancer over the years
\nCatherine Asaro<\/em>
\nKate Elliott
\nKathleen Ann Goonan<\/strong>
\nShawna McCarthy<\/strong>
\nCaitlin Kiernan<\/strong>
\nMaureen McHugh<\/strong>
\nCheryl Morgan<\/em>
\nNisi Shawl*
\nMary Doria Russell<\/strong>
\nKage Baker<\/strong>–Complete works, I think, including a couple of small press and swanky edition
\nKelly Link<\/strong>–Complete works. Double bold for authors who you’ve played Mafia with?
\nNancy Springer<\/em>
\nJ. K. Rowling <\/strong>
\nNalo Hopkinson<\/strong>
\nEllen Klages<\/strong>
\nTanarive Due<\/em>
\nM. Rickert*
\nTheodora Goss<\/strong>
\nMary Anne Mohanraj<\/em>
\nS. L. Viehl*
\nJo Walton<\/strong>
\nKristine Smith<\/strong>–I believe I have all her novels
\nDeborah Layne*
\nCherie Priest<\/strong>–I believe I have all her stuff, including some small press\/limited stuff
\nWen Spencer<\/em>
\nK. J. Bishop<\/strong>
\nCatherynne M. Valente<\/strong>–Just got Palimpsest, but haven’t actually read it yet.
\nElizabeth Bear<\/strong>–Complete works. Got into her via the Emma Bull – Shadow Unit connection, and ended up buying\/reading everything to date, including some swanky limited editions (same thing happened with Monette)
\nEkaterina Sedia<\/em>
\nNaomi Novik<\/strong>–Complete works, including the swanky limited editions
\nMary Robinette Kowal<\/em>
\nAnn VanderMeer<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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