Geek novels written by women

[firecat]

via hfnuala

I've bolded the ones I've read.

I'm willing to listen to arguments why I should read the ones I haven't read.

The Earthsea Trilogy - Ursula Le Guin
[I have always wanted to be Ursula K. Le Guin when I grew up.]

Ash - Mary Gentle

Cyteen - CJ Cherryh
[Not yet, but I'm reading Downbelow Station right now.]

Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone - JK Rowling
[The Harry Potter books are getting better. I'm not a raving fan, though. I also question this as a "geek book" because of its popularity.]

The Warrior's Apprentice - Lois McMaster Bujold
[I've read all her stuff and love or like all of it.]

Nylon Angel - Marianne de Pierres

The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
[Not yet but I plan to.]

Slow River - Nicola Griffith

1610: A Sundial in the Grave - Mary Gentle

Deep Secret - Diana Wynne Jones

Dark Lord of Derkholm - Diana Wynne Jones

China Mountain Zhiang - Maureen McHugh
[No, but I plan to.]

Magic for Beginners - Kelly Link

Wildseed - Octavia Butler

Oryx & Crake - Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
[I hated it.]

The Doomsday Book - Connie Willis

Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey
[Read as a teenager.]

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

Tam Lin - Pamela Dean

The Lioness Quartet - Tamora Pierce


And now to add to the list. (I've read all of these.)

Emma Bull, Bone Dance ["a fantasy for technophiles"]
Elizabeth Moon, Remnant Population [a bit of a stretch geek-wise, but the protagonist is kinda "my kind of geek"]
Joanna Russ, The Female Man [geeky because so erudite]
Robin McKinley, Beauty [geeky because protagonist is geeky]
Vonda N. McIntyre, The Moon and the Sun [geeky because well researched]
Elizabeth Moon, The Speed of Dark [geeky because of subject matter]
Carol Emshwiller, Carmen Dog [a bit of a stretch geek-wise, but I like it so much I couldn't leave it out]
R.A. McAvoy, Tea w/ Black Dragon [geeky because of some plot elements]
Eleanor Arnason, A Woman of the Iron People [geeky because well researched]

Comments

[leback.livejournal.com]

Should you ever feel like taking the time to discuss it (or if you have pointers to where you may've done so before), I'd love to hear more details of your reaction to The Handmaid's Tale.

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

Ditto.

[laurenhat.livejournal.com]

Me three.

[firecat]

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