Every good writer "changes" SF&F just by adding their talents and viewpoints to it. For me, not necessarily in order, LeGuin, Willis, 'Tiptree', Henderson & Brackett are tops as writers who are women.
Yeah, well, this the set of women left out I cited when offering this to the Dork Forest FaceBook group:
Even if the text here is weak (leaving aside the endless use of "skiffy" for sf, fantasy and sf aren't one genre nor even two), the selections aren't too shabby...even if ignoring other more influential pioneers such as Leigh Brackett, C. L. Moore, Margaret St. Clair, Kate Wilhelm, Kit Reed, Carol Emshwiller, Angela Carter and others in favor of the very recent Leckie is uninformed, that's made up for in making Pat Cadigan's day... Pat Cadigan: I'm starting to wonder the universe is going to even things out by having me fall and break my leg... Oh, wait, that won't be necessary. I swear to Heaven: today, I actually forgot I have cancer.
And when another member suggested everyone could have their own list,
True. But the people I cite are no-brainers in this regard. A bit like "10 men who changed fantasy" with no mention of Dunsany or Kafka or Tolkien or Fritz Leiber or Jorge Luis Borges but careful to mention David Mitchell. It doesn't insult Mitchell to note that problem with the list.
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I would have thought Leigh Brackett would of made this list.
A couple of people I'd mention (although I don't know how seriously) in addition to Leigh Brackett...
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Zenna Henderson
Every good writer "changes" SF&F just by adding their talents and viewpoints to it. For me, not necessarily in order, LeGuin, Willis, 'Tiptree', Henderson & Brackett are tops as writers who are women.
Yeah, well, this the set of women left out I cited when offering this to the Dork Forest FaceBook group:
Even if the text here is weak (leaving aside the endless use of "skiffy" for sf, fantasy and sf aren't one genre nor even two), the selections aren't too shabby...even if ignoring other more influential pioneers such as Leigh Brackett, C. L. Moore, Margaret St. Clair, Kate Wilhelm, Kit Reed, Carol Emshwiller, Angela Carter and others in favor of the very recent Leckie is uninformed, that's made up for in making Pat Cadigan's day...
Pat Cadigan:
I'm starting to wonder the universe is going to even things out by having me fall and break my leg...
Oh, wait, that won't be necessary.
I swear to Heaven: today, I actually forgot I have cancer.
And when another member suggested everyone could have their own list,
True. But the people I cite are no-brainers in this regard. A bit like "10 men who changed fantasy" with no mention of Dunsany or Kafka or Tolkien or Fritz Leiber or Jorge Luis Borges but careful to mention David Mitchell. It doesn't insult Mitchell to note that problem with the list.
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