Keeping track of the fantasy/sci-fi/horror novels I've read from female authors, focusing on little known authors/books and on anything pre-2000.
Old School SFF from female authors Public
Created by radio-appears
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
5 stars
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
radio-appears says: Needs no introduction. A great look at what an anarchist society could look like, without falling into utopian thinking.
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Year of the Unicorn by Andre Norton
The Were Riders wore the shape of men but they were not human. The price of their aid was thirteen …
radio-appears says: My favorite from the three I've read so far and also basically a romance novel.
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The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
5 stars
When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken …
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5 stars
In this final episode of "The Earthsea Cycle", the widowed Tenar finds and nurses her aging friend, Sparrowhawk, a magician …
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The Farthest Shore (Earthsea, Volume 3) by Ursula K. Le Guin
A young prince joins forces with a master wizard on a journey to discover a cause and remedy for the …
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The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Darkover was experiencing a flare-up of Trailmen's fever, an episodic disease that would decimate the entire human population of Darkover, …
radio-appears says: Adding because I'm a completionist, but I can't in good conscience recommend this author, considering the accusations of child molestation against her.
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From the award-winning author of Sunshine comes a novel that "will involve readers from the first to the last page …
radio-appears says: A retelling of Grimm's most disturbing fairy tale. I love fairy tale retellings, and this is a nice change of pace from the 1000th Cinderella (and let's be real, no one could ever top Ella Enchanted anyway).
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Torenhoog en mijlen breed by Tonke Dragt
Naar wouden heeft Edu zijn hele leven al verlangd. Op aarde zijn de bossen inmiddels verdwenen, en daarom is hij …
radio-appears says: Science fiction from Dutch author Tonke Dragt. Incorporating her experiences growing up in Indonesia, she depicts the planet Venus as a unspoiled, tropical paradise, that's only dangerous to humans as long as we are unwilling to adapt to a new way of living.
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A retelling of the story Beauty and the Beast. There is also a sequel available titled Rose Daughter by Robin …
