And here is the summary for female science fiction authors. I seem to have got it right this time and not missed a single letter. I’ll find some lucky male author for K for next week and add him into the summary before I make a final decision whether to continue with ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
As promised here the summary of the male science fiction authors I’ve written about. It looks as if I’ve done two ‘J’s and missed ‘K’ entirely for which I apologise and appreciate no-one calling me out on it. A is for Isaac Asimov B is for James Blish C is for Michael ...
I’m giving you two weeks of recap while I consider if I want to continue with Authors by Alphabet. I’ve had a ball but it’s a 26 week commitment for each heading and I’m hoping to study full time next year so if I start it’ll be challenging to finish and I’m ...
For my final entry in Female Science Fiction authors I’ve chosen Valentina Zhuravleva for two reasons: the first is because she’s Russian and; the second is for this review written two years ago. James Lecky, author of the blog, goes into raptures about Zhuravleva’s short story The Astronaut and affirms it as ...
Jane Yolen: born in 1939 has done so, so much this post should be in shorthand in order to encompass even a fraction of her output, instead I’ll only give a few highlights that I’ve found. She’s written over 300 books in fantasy, science fiction and children’s literature, Yolen has ...
Continuing with this series I found I had such choice for X. I could either do Xia Jia or Xia Jia, you’ll never guess who I chose… Xia is such an energetic person I could almost treat her as several people. It’s actually the pseudonym of Wang Yao and I’m remembering here that ...
Connie Willis, much nominated for many awards and winner of many awards. If you go to her Wikipedia page you’ll see the list of awards she’s been both nominated for and won, it’s extensive so she must be doing something right. It does make me wonder about a book review ...
I’ve chosen Élisabeth Vonarburg for today’s article for two reasons, first of all she’s French and I haven’t written about any French people yet and the second is because she has a beautiful face with eyes that say something to me but I can’t figure out what. Have a look at her Wikipedia ...
U is such a challenging letter I had to take a visit to Japan (via Google) to find an interesting author. Sayori Ueda writes in Japanese but has had some novels translated into English. She’s written short story collections and stand alone science fiction/fantasy novels as well as some other ones ...
I had 30 minutes to find an author of the appropriate letter and found someone in two! Amy Thomson is was born in America in 1958 and entered the writing field in 1994 with her first book Virtual Girl which went on to win the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer ...
As you might remember I’ve been reading the Gone Series by Michael Grant for a few years, I came to Grant a little late as the series was almost completely published when I found them but I’m trying to be good and read other books as well but this month I ...
Zooming through the many authors starting with the letter S I spotted Pamela Sargent, not quite sure why I remember her name but I’m sure it has something to do with reading some of her works except I can’t quite pin anything down. She’s written enough short stories for Martin ...
Hooley Dooley! What a Ride!! With no idea what to expect as it’s the first Farrugia book I’ve read and the only recommendation I had from the author was that he’s published by the same author as Matthew Reilly I headed on into this book on the plane to Israel with ...
R is much easier than Q, I happened on an Australian author! Spare Parts by Sally Rogers-Davidson I’ve spent so much time on the internet looking at items from overseas that things feel a bit strange and unreal when I find someone from Melbourne, Australia. Sally Rogers-Davidson was born right here in Melbourne ...
I almost hit a stumbling block today, I’ve really struggled to find a female science fiction author beginning with Q but in the end I did find just one person. She’s not entirely an unknown but is known more for her association with someone special than by her writing. Also, the more ...