zee wrote:
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin -- One of my favorite books, it takes place on a planet where the humanoid inhabitants change their gender in monthly cycles and therefore everyone is judged as an individual since there are no gender 'roles'. The narrator is a human character who struggles to understand the strange ways of this world, (something that Aspies can appreciate perhaps?
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oooh yes ursula le guin is so good and the
left hand of darkness is an awesome piece of queer feminist fiction.
also china mieville's work which i have recently been introduced to. he describes his work as weird fiction. it is not strictly scifi or fantasy.
lian hearns
tales of the otori
david gemmels anything. his work is heroic fiction. the
brigante novels were my favourite.
marge piercy's
woman on the edge of time
you cant go past the classics. H.G. wells is so good. the reading level is basic but reading it makes me feel young again. (at my age 2 decades feels old.)
would neil gaimans work be considered horror or fantasy? i think his work could be both depending.
smoke and mirrors was a good read.