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estaraSandra McDonald's periodic table of women in science fiction...annotated
Bold the women by whom you own books
Italicize those by whom you've read something of (short stories count)(I've also counted non-fiction, or works edited by the individual))
Star those of whom you've never heard
Andre Norton
C. L. Moore
Evangeline Walton
Leigh Brackett
Judith Merril
Joanna Russ
Margaret St. Clair*
Katherine MacLean*
Carol Emshwiller
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Zenna Henderson*
Madeline L’Engle
Angela Carter
Ursula LeGuin
Anne McCaffrey
Diana Wynne Jones
Kit Reed*
James Tiptree, Jr.
Rachel Pollack*
Jane Yolen
Marta Randall*
Eleanor Arnason*
Ellen Asher*
Patricia A. McKillip
Suzy McKee Charnas
Lisa Tuttle
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Tanith Lee
Pamela Sargeant
Jayge Carr*
Vonda McIntyre
Octavia E. Butler
Kate Wilhelm
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Sheila Finch*
Mary Gentle
Jessia Amanda Salmonson*
C. J. Cherryh
Joan D. Vinge
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Ellen Kushner
Ellen Datlow
Nancy Kress
Pat Murphy
Lisa Goldstein
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Mary Turzillo*
Connie Willis
Barbara Hambly
Nancy Holder*
Sheri S. Tepper
Melissa Scott
Margaret Atwood
Lois McMaster Bujold
Jeanne Cavelos*
Karen Joy Fowler
Leigh Kennedy*
Judith Moffett*
Rebecca Ore*
Emma Bull
Pat Cadigan
Kathyrn Cramer*
Laura Mixon*
Eileen Gunn
Elizabeth Hand
Kij Johnson
Delia Sherman
Elizabeth Moon
Michaela Roessner
Terri Windling
Sharon Lee
Sherwood Smith
Katherine Kurtz
Margo Lanagan*
Laura Resnick
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Sheila Williams
Farah Mendlesohn*
Gwyneth Jones
Ardath Mayhar*
Esther Friesner
Debra Doyle
Nicola Griffith*
Amy Thomson*
Martha Wells
Catherine Asaro
Kate Elliott
Kathleen Ann Goonan
Shawna McCarthy
Caitlin Kiernan
Maureen McHugh*
Cheryl Morgan*
Nisi Shawl
Mary Doria Russell*
Kage Baker
Kelly Link
Nancy Springer
J. K. Rowling
Nalo Hopkinson
Ellen Klages
Tanarive Due
M. Rickert*
Theodora Goss*
Mary Anne Mohanraj*
S. L. Viehl
Jo Walton
Kristine Smith
Deborah Layne*
Cherie Priest
Wen Spencer
K. J. Bishop
Catherynne M. Valente
Elizabeth Bear
Ekaterina Sedia
Naomi Novik
Mary Robinette Kowal
Ann VanderMeer*
Okay, so on this list I'm missing (listed as they come to my mind)
Michelle West
Megan Whalen Turner
Ann Somerville
Sarah Rees Brennan
eluki bes shahar/Rosemary Edghill
Mercedes Lackey
Judith Tarr (and all her pseudonyms)
Irene Radford (and all her pseudonyms)
Sarah Zettel
Vera Nazarian
Elizabeth Vaughan
Elizabeth Wein
Diane Duane
Robin McKinley
P.C. Hodgell
, etc. etc. etc. - well the original list was time limited because it was part of a youtube video and there's a periodic table pdf with the names of the ladies, so obviously not everyone fits on there.
Additions from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
salimbol :
Hmm, who do I think is missing from the list? Just off the top of my head:
Robin Hobb (=Megan Lindholm)
Tamora Pierce
Margaret Mahy*
Sheryl Jordan*
Pamela Dean
Sharon Shinn
Margaret Weiss
Susan Cooper
Sarah Ash*
Melanie Rawn
Isobelle Carmody
Jennifer Fallon
Janny Wurts
Sara Douglass
Lian Hearn
Bold the women by whom you own books
Italicize those by whom you've read something of (short stories count)(I've also counted non-fiction, or works edited by the individual))
Star those of whom you've never heard
Andre Norton
C. L. Moore
Evangeline Walton
Leigh Brackett
Judith Merril
Joanna Russ
Margaret St. Clair*
Katherine MacLean*
Carol Emshwiller
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Zenna Henderson*
Madeline L’Engle
Angela Carter
Ursula LeGuin
Anne McCaffrey
Diana Wynne Jones
Kit Reed*
James Tiptree, Jr.
Rachel Pollack*
Jane Yolen
Marta Randall*
Eleanor Arnason*
Ellen Asher*
Patricia A. McKillip
Suzy McKee Charnas
Lisa Tuttle
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Tanith Lee
Pamela Sargeant
Jayge Carr*
Vonda McIntyre
Octavia E. Butler
Kate Wilhelm
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Sheila Finch*
Mary Gentle
Jessia Amanda Salmonson*
C. J. Cherryh
Joan D. Vinge
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Ellen Kushner
Ellen Datlow
Nancy Kress
Pat Murphy
Lisa Goldstein
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Mary Turzillo*
Connie Willis
Barbara Hambly
Nancy Holder*
Sheri S. Tepper
Melissa Scott
Margaret Atwood
Lois McMaster Bujold
Jeanne Cavelos*
Karen Joy Fowler
Leigh Kennedy*
Judith Moffett*
Rebecca Ore*
Emma Bull
Pat Cadigan
Kathyrn Cramer*
Laura Mixon*
Eileen Gunn
Elizabeth Hand
Kij Johnson
Delia Sherman
Elizabeth Moon
Michaela Roessner
Terri Windling
Sharon Lee
Sherwood Smith
Katherine Kurtz
Margo Lanagan*
Laura Resnick
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Sheila Williams
Farah Mendlesohn*
Gwyneth Jones
Ardath Mayhar*
Esther Friesner
Debra Doyle
Nicola Griffith*
Amy Thomson*
Martha Wells
Catherine Asaro
Kate Elliott
Kathleen Ann Goonan
Shawna McCarthy
Caitlin Kiernan
Maureen McHugh*
Cheryl Morgan*
Nisi Shawl
Mary Doria Russell*
Kage Baker
Kelly Link
Nancy Springer
J. K. Rowling
Nalo Hopkinson
Ellen Klages
Tanarive Due
M. Rickert*
Theodora Goss*
Mary Anne Mohanraj*
S. L. Viehl
Jo Walton
Kristine Smith
Deborah Layne*
Cherie Priest
Wen Spencer
K. J. Bishop
Catherynne M. Valente
Elizabeth Bear
Ekaterina Sedia
Naomi Novik
Mary Robinette Kowal
Ann VanderMeer*
Okay, so on this list I'm missing (listed as they come to my mind)
Michelle West
Megan Whalen Turner
Ann Somerville
Sarah Rees Brennan
eluki bes shahar/Rosemary Edghill
Mercedes Lackey
Judith Tarr (and all her pseudonyms)
Irene Radford (and all her pseudonyms)
Sarah Zettel
Vera Nazarian
Elizabeth Vaughan
Elizabeth Wein
Diane Duane
Robin McKinley
P.C. Hodgell
, etc. etc. etc. - well the original list was time limited because it was part of a youtube video and there's a periodic table pdf with the names of the ladies, so obviously not everyone fits on there.
Additions from
salimbol :Hmm, who do I think is missing from the list? Just off the top of my head:
Robin Hobb (=Megan Lindholm)
Tamora Pierce
Margaret Mahy*
Sheryl Jordan*
Pamela Dean
Sharon Shinn
Margaret Weiss
Susan Cooper
Sarah Ash*
Melanie Rawn
Isobelle Carmody
Jennifer Fallon
Janny Wurts
Sara Douglass
Lian Hearn
