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[blue_lotus13]

Okay,

So I really liked Octavia Butler's "Kindred" and books written by Connie Willis.

Is there anyone else that you would recommend in a similar, science fiction genre?

I like revisionist history sci-fi or urban fantasy sci fi, with strong characters and good writing. No space opera stuff, please.

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[brdgt.livejournal.com]

I just joined a feminist sci fi book club. Our first book is China Mountain Zhang and I think we are going to read something by Kage Baker. Although it's not urban sci fi - you've tried some Ursula Le Guin and Anne McCaffrey, right?

[blue-lotus.livejournal.com]

I read Anne McCaffrey long ago. I also read Buffalo Gals by LeGuin, and "The Left Hand of Darkness", which I did not.

[amy-pi.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I've read the Company Series by Kage Baker and enjoyed them very much. They're not necessarily bubble gum sort of fiction, but compared to Kindred or Parable of the Sower they're pretty light reading.

I don't think this is space opera, but The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russel is absolutely fansastic, as is it's sequel Children of God. I almost cried with joy when I found out there was a sequel, that's how much it moved me. They're definitely more toward the harder end of science fiction with the space travel and all, but they raise some huge social implication type questions. And they're just fantasic books anyways.