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Who are the best female authors of all time? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 33 points 11 months ago (14 children)

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.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (13 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (12 children)

    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."

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Ah! I've not read Sandman so utterly unaware

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    There's also always piracy arrrrr.

    But yes support your local library.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    I meant printed volumes.

    Don't steal books form the library.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I meant digital volumes. I agree, support your library, do not steal from it.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    nsfw

    They asked Stan Lee about digital comic books.

    He said comics are like boobs, he'd rather have one in his hand than on a screen.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

    Haven't read either of these two authors, but by "cut away stories" do you mean stories within the story? If so there is a long tradition of that, going back to the 1001 Arabian Nights, post modern authors like John Barth, etc.

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