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Obviously, Mary Shelley. Created the most famous character of all time and the entire genre of science fiction while still a teenager.
I’m a fan of Tanith Lee. She started weird fantasy and Neil Gaiman stole all his best ideas and most of his writing style from her.
Karen Slaughter writes detective novels that make Jack Reacher look like a school boy.
Tana French is Slaughter’s Irsih cousin.
Joanna Russ was an out Lesbian back in the 1970s. “The Female Man” is still cutting edge.
I’m curious about your Lee/gaiman idea. I can’t see it at all and Don’t Bite the Sun is my fav ever.
In “Death’s Master” the Demon Prince refers to the Lord of Delusions as “uncousin.”
In the ‘Sandman’ comics there are a lot of little cut-away stories, just like the tale of the teardrop necklace in “Night’s Master.”
Ah! I’ve not read Sandman so utterly unaware
They put out the whole comic series in four big printed volumes after the TV show came out. The entire run of the comic.
Get them from your local library; they are worth a read, and if you get them from the library he doesn’t get any more money.
There’s also always piracy arrrrr.
But yes support your local library.
I meant printed volumes.
Don’t steal books form the library.
Off the top of my head Andre Norton is completely overlooked in this thread. Like… what?
Mercedes lackey.
Cj Cherryh.
Katherine Kurtz.
