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Homecoming
Jul. 13th, 2019 01:55 pmThis essay first appeared at Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Women in Science Fiction site.
I taught myself to read when I was something like six years old, and I never looked back. The eyeglasses happened because there were not enough stories in my young world, so I had to go looking for them. When I was asked, “Write about your favorite woman fantasy writer” my first thought was “My favorite? Do you mean this week, last month, over the last year?” There are walls of books in my possession. A huge percentage of them were written by women fantasy and SF writers.
Our planet is wide enough to handle a multiverse of new worlds and peoples, and make me care about all of them. Women excel at that.
Right now I have been bouncing back and forth between two series, and two (or is it three?) authors. Writing this essay made me realize what I needed from each of them right now, and where they walked the same path. Let me introduce you to Martha Wells and Ilona Andrews, authors I think you should investigate.( Seeking Home )
We have people seeking home, protecting home, and making a home. For so many of us, that’s a theme worth finding. I have read many books by both Wells and Andrews, but today I recommend these two series to you.
Because it seems that every reader needs a home away from home.
I taught myself to read when I was something like six years old, and I never looked back. The eyeglasses happened because there were not enough stories in my young world, so I had to go looking for them. When I was asked, “Write about your favorite woman fantasy writer” my first thought was “My favorite? Do you mean this week, last month, over the last year?” There are walls of books in my possession. A huge percentage of them were written by women fantasy and SF writers.
Our planet is wide enough to handle a multiverse of new worlds and peoples, and make me care about all of them. Women excel at that.
Right now I have been bouncing back and forth between two series, and two (or is it three?) authors. Writing this essay made me realize what I needed from each of them right now, and where they walked the same path. Let me introduce you to Martha Wells and Ilona Andrews, authors I think you should investigate.( Seeking Home )
We have people seeking home, protecting home, and making a home. For so many of us, that’s a theme worth finding. I have read many books by both Wells and Andrews, but today I recommend these two series to you.
Because it seems that every reader needs a home away from home.
