• eightpix@lemmy.world
    29·
    29 days ago

    Fiction

    • Ursula K. LeGuin

    • Octavia Butler

    • Margaret Atwood

    • Tui T. Sutherland (J Fic)

    • Suzanne Collins (YA)

    • Lois Lowry (YA)

    Non-Fiction

    • Naomi Klein

    • Margaret Atwood (Massey Lecture)

    • Angela Y. Davis

    • Tanya Talaga

    • bell hooks

    • Robin Wall Kimmerer

    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
      7·
      29 days ago

      Some would say that was Margaret Cavendish, 150 years earlier. Mary Shelly’s novels are and have been more popular though.

      • Sculptus Poe@lemmy.world
        4·
        29 days ago

        I’m going to have to read The Blazing World now. I’m surprised I haven’t heard of it.

        Well, if you include Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World (1666), you would have to put Johannes Kepler’s Somnium (1634) and Lucian of Samosata’s A True Story (2nd century AD) ahead of her.

        I’ve listened to “A True Story” years ago but can’t remember any of it. Reading the synopses, I think all three are closer to fantasy than Sci-Fi. So I still Put Frankenstein as the first true Sci-Fi book.

  • Kolossos@lemmy.world
    14·
    29 days ago

    Astrid Lindgren, her books are translated to 95 different languages and sold over 160 million copies. Probably the worlds most beloved children’s book author.

  • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
    9·
    29 days ago

    Agree with all of the above, would add T. Kingfisher for fantasy, Iris Murdoch for heady philosophical fiction, Agatha Christie for murder mystery, Clarissa Pinkola Estés for empowering fables and explorations of feminine archetypes, Mary Oliver for poetry, and Lady Margaret Cavendish for a great sci-fi novel from 1666.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
      8·
      29 days ago

      I saw her give a talk once. Someone asked her about the environment or climate change, and she said something like “There’s like 100 people responsible for most of the problem, and we know where they live.”

      The crowd loved this answer. The guy moderating the event made nervous noises.

    • grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world
      3·
      28 days ago

      I love her, but maaaaan, I’ve been trying to slog through Ship Of Destiny for MONTHS and like, I just wanna be DONE with the ships and these characters and get back to Fitz and that side of the world. I know, I know, it all ties together, but I don’t care, I’m so done with the pirate stuff.

      • porkloin@lemmy.world
        2·
        27 days ago

        Keep at it! The end of Ship of Destiny ends up paying off. A lot of Hobb books have that kinda “slow burn” thing going where it feels like a slog til the last 30% of the final part of a trilogy and then it goes super hard