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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 5713354" data-attributes="member: 3887"><p>Earthsea? It's considered a fantasy masterpiece, and it represents a different part of the genre than Tolkien. Also, it's written by a lady.</p><p></p><p>Delany... well, he's a personal favorite of mine. Delany is one of SF's best prose stylists, up there w/Vance (hmmm, another glaring omission). He's a great example of New Wave science fiction, in all it's ambition and willingness to move in new directions. <em>Nova</em> prefigures both cyberpunk and all the smart new space opera that would come 20-25 years later, and <em>Dhalgren</em> in sci-fi's <em>Ulysses</em> (or maybe <em>Finnegan's Wake</em>. Also, he's a gay black man.</p><p></p><p><em>The Parable of the Sower</em> is wonderful, and it's social science fiction, which is underrepresented in the list, despite being a prevalent mode in SF writing. And Octavia Butler rocks, not only a SF Grandmaster, but a MacArthur grant recipient. As much as I liked <em>Snow Crash</em>, to include that and nothing from Bulter sells geekdom way short...</p><p></p><p>Also, she was a gay black lady.</p><p></p><p>(note I'm not indulging in affirmative action for sci-fi... I picked these books and authors because I think they're seminal... however they also demonstrate the much more universal allure of geek-lit, for both writers and readers, which isn't relfected in that list)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 5713354, member: 3887"] Earthsea? It's considered a fantasy masterpiece, and it represents a different part of the genre than Tolkien. Also, it's written by a lady. Delany... well, he's a personal favorite of mine. Delany is one of SF's best prose stylists, up there w/Vance (hmmm, another glaring omission). He's a great example of New Wave science fiction, in all it's ambition and willingness to move in new directions. [i]Nova[/i] prefigures both cyberpunk and all the smart new space opera that would come 20-25 years later, and [i]Dhalgren[/i] in sci-fi's [i]Ulysses[/i] (or maybe [i]Finnegan's Wake[/i]. Also, he's a gay black man. [i]The Parable of the Sower[/i] is wonderful, and it's social science fiction, which is underrepresented in the list, despite being a prevalent mode in SF writing. And Octavia Butler rocks, not only a SF Grandmaster, but a MacArthur grant recipient. As much as I liked [i]Snow Crash[/i], to include that and nothing from Bulter sells geekdom way short... Also, she was a gay black lady. (note I'm not indulging in affirmative action for sci-fi... I picked these books and authors because I think they're seminal... however they also demonstrate the much more universal allure of geek-lit, for both writers and readers, which isn't relfected in that list) [/QUOTE]
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