Favorite Science Fiction by Women Authors

juniperSun: theme of healing in post-apocalyptic times

juniperSun: good introduction to SciFi/time travel for YA

waltzmn : Apart from the fact that I disliked it a lot (too blatant in its religion), as a scientist, I can't regard this as science fiction.

quondame : Fantasy

-pilgrim- : fantasy

sarahemmm: Bujold herself calls this space opera, but it is science fiction in that it is about how people deal with a situation that is different from our present. In this case, a world which reverted to the 19th century meeting FTL travel.

juniperSun: affirmative story of an elder woman finally taking control of her life, being creative, enjoying nature, overcoming the inner voice that used to always tell her she was no good & has no power.

juniperSun: They way I'd like to see society evolve

fuzzi: FYI: this is not a work of fantasy, but SciFi. The "dragons" are genetically engineered from native lizards. It remains one of my most favorite reads.

juniperSun: Time of social breakdown, Lauren has learned to be a leader, yet questions status quo. She believes people can influence change & begins preparing for when times get even harder. Community is composed of mixed races, but that is a fact not theme.

lorax : Not science fiction. Mainstream fiction with some SF trappings.

sarahemmm: My opinion is that all SF is 'mainstream with SF trappings'. It is interesting on the confusion caused by unexpected TT.

sturlington: I don't consider this book to be science fiction.

: Not SF

andyl : This is fantasy for me

Aquila: Yeah, this is pretty classic fantasy, unless you want to put all systematic magic into scifi.

anglemark : Books don't really get to be more fantasy than this.

ejmam : Definitely fantasy

amanda4242 : This is a fantasy novel that is on several existing lists of fantasy novels.

andyl : From the tags (and online reviews) looks like fantasy rather than SF.

Maddz : Urban Fantasy

Quaisior : fantasy

Morphidae: They are all police procedurals/mysteries set around 2060 New York. Some of the first novels also have romance, It also has off-planet flight, floating/flying cars, laser weapons instead of projectile weapons, virtual rooms, ubiquitous service droids as bartenders/maids/sex partners, probes that can tell you the exact time of death, etc. Of course it's science fiction.

ejmam: How is a book with hover cars, space installations,etc. set in the future not science fiction? Is Caves of Steel not SF because it's a mystery?