Sandra McDonald's periodic table of women in science fiction... annotated ~ meme via marthawells

[estara]

Sandra 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 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

Comments

[salimbol.livejournal.com]

What an awesome list! This is such a heartening reminder of how many awesome female authors are working in SF/F. I'm going to do this right now myself! :-) :-)

[estara.livejournal.com]

The more the merrier ^^. chomiji did it, too.

[salimbol.livejournal.com]

So she has! It's fascinating looking at what people have and haven't read. BTW, was it you who recommended (ages ago) that I read Shannon Hale's The Goose Girl? Well, I read it yesterday and thought it was lovely, so thanks (if it was indeed your rec) :-).

[estara.livejournal.com]

I may have recommended Shannon Hale's Bayern series to someone, but I wouldn't bet on it having been you ^^, e.g. I have no recollection of it at the moment.
My favourite book of hers is outside the series (although it has quite a similar flavour): The Princess Academy

[salimbol.livejournal.com]

I think that clinches it - it was you! Because I have both of those books noted down together as must-reads, and your name with a question mark. I will definitely try to lay hands on The Princess Academy as well, because I enjoyed the Goose Girl so much :-). Thanks!

[estara.livejournal.com]

Yay ^^, very welcome. I've been twice sucessful this year with my book-pushing now. And once unsuccessful (one hit with Thea of the Booksmugglers, one miss with Janicu of Janicu's Bookblog - both concerning P.C. Hodgell) and now another hit.

Also, don't forget there are three more books in the Bayern series!

[salimbol.livejournal.com]

Ah, P.C. Hodgell - she's a tricky one, really. I think she's pretty special, but I guess she's not to everyone's tastes. And I shall definitely read the other books in the Bayern series!

Bayern Series

[laransb.livejournal.com]

I love the list and noted down Shannon Hale, but am wondering what the Bayern Series entails. Does "Bayern" mean the lovely (?) country we both live in or is it an artificial English word used here?

P.S. I followed you over from Athanarel (in case you wonder). Maybe you remember having read me there.

Re: Bayern Series

[estara.livejournal.com]

Yes, I remember your LJ username ^^. Welcome. Hmm, well I don't think the Bayern series is historical fantasy Bavaria but the whole setting of the various countries that constitute the series and the fact that most of the books are based on Grimm's fairytale tales make the series very much a fantasy with a Germanic fairytale feel (it could just as well be Austria or Switzerland).

http://www.squeetus.com/stage/books_goose.html
http://www.squeetus.com/stage/books_enna.html
http://www.squeetus.com/stage/books_razo.html
http://www.squeetus.com/stage/books_forest.html

Actually, as they go on, I think they lose most of their European feel and become their own fantasy world. They're still good, though - but quite dark on occasion.

Re: Bayern Series

[estara.livejournal.com]

Also, I do most of my book reviewing on GoodReads.com these days, I started that this April I think and when I'm moved to sneer or squee, I do it there now.
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3590834
heh, just follow the avatar, I should be the only one to use it because it was custom made.

Re: Bayern Series

[laransb.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Estara, for the illuminating links! I might give it a try! The synopses definitely read very interesting.

Re: Bayern Series

[estara.livejournal.com]

They definitely seem to be popular, so ought to remain available. My second most favourite read of Shannon Hale's has become Book of a Thousand Days (sort of an Asian version of a Rapunzel situation, almost).

One fantasy that is definitely set in the Swiss alps is Diane Duane's A Wind from the South (http://raetiantales.blogspot.com/) - but I haven't read it yet. Available via Lulu in print and as an ebook otherwise. Just in case you were looking for fantasy based on our part of Europe in general.

I love book enabling/book pushing if people are happy with their choices ^^, so you are very welcome.

[norilana.livejournal.com]

Many thanks for adding me to the list!

And hey, now that my "classic" novel Dreams of the Compass Rose (http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/16395) is available in its entirety, as a multi-format e-book FREE download... here's a chance for folks who have never heard of me to try my work. :-)

Download your free copy here:

Dreams of the Compass Rose by Vera Nazarian (http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/16395)

Enjoy! :-)

But of course, you belong there.

[estara.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, Ms Nazarian!

I've noticed that you hadn't added your new edition to Goodreads.com yet, and since I have librarian status, I added it.