• clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    This nearly-all-male list needs more diversity.

    Additions to Classic authors:

    • Octavia Butler
    • Andre Norton
    • Margaret Atwood
    • Joan D. Vinge

    Addition to Popular authors:

    • Becky Chambers

    Authors that should be more well known than they are (and recommended reads):

    • Namina Forna; The Gilded Ones series (technically fantasy, but fantasy nonetheless)
    • Rebecca Roanhorse; The Black Sun series (also fantasy)
    • Tochi Onyebuchi; Riot Baby

    11 Black OGs of sci-fi-fantasy

    • Izzy@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      I appreciate your input. The post needs a lot of work. I’ll see about working on it this weekend.

  • Izzy@lemmy.worldOP
    1·
    1 year ago

    I plan to make this a bit more comprehensive by adding some information about authors and what kind of books they write and possibly their most famous works.