Seanan writes wonderful non-sappy Urban Fantasy, BTW, with a grumpy half-fae heroine by the name of Toby Daye. She's also got a zombie armaggedon series out under her pseudonym of Mira Grant, and is this year a quadruple nominee for the Hugo awards - So there's hope for the genre yet... But we need to keep the pressure up.
For SF/Urban Fantasy with some actual non-white people in it, try Ben Aaronovitch. His "Rivers of London" series scores well on that side (as well as being a more realistic and up-to-date than usual portrayal of London's general population, their attitudes, patterns of speech etc. - Kind of ironic for a fantasy series!), although not *so* great so far on the gender politics. The narrator and his team are both male, as are most of their colleagues, although it looks like at least one of the female regulars will becoming more actively involved in forthcoming books... [CROSSES FINGERS]
I wish I could recommend some SF/F that does an outstanding job on both the gender *and* race fronts, but so far I haven't really found any... =:o\ It's a lot easier to find decently written female characters in SF, though, than it is decently written non white or non-Western characters, especially if you look out for the female authors. Lois McMaster Bujold is a long-term favourite; J.D. Robb's near-future police series is more formulaic (and very white, and somewhat right-wing, and the writing is less subtle (why do I love this series again?!? =8oO Oh yeah...)), but it has some great characters of both genders.
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Date: 2012-04-12 11:04 am (UTC)(And lots more bloomin' womans! =;o} )
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Seanan writes wonderful non-sappy Urban Fantasy, BTW, with a grumpy half-fae heroine by the name of Toby Daye. She's also got a zombie armaggedon series out under her pseudonym of Mira Grant, and is this year a quadruple nominee for the Hugo awards - So there's hope for the genre yet... But we need to keep the pressure up.
For SF/Urban Fantasy with some actual non-white people in it, try Ben Aaronovitch. His "Rivers of London" series scores well on that side (as well as being a more realistic and up-to-date than usual portrayal of London's general population, their attitudes, patterns of speech etc. - Kind of ironic for a fantasy series!), although not *so* great so far on the gender politics. The narrator and his team are both male, as are most of their colleagues, although it looks like at least one of the female regulars will becoming more actively involved in forthcoming books... [CROSSES FINGERS]
I wish I could recommend some SF/F that does an outstanding job on both the gender *and* race fronts, but so far I haven't really found any... =:o\ It's a lot easier to find decently written female characters in SF, though, than it is decently written non white or non-Western characters, especially if you look out for the female authors. Lois McMaster Bujold is a long-term favourite; J.D. Robb's near-future police series is more formulaic (and very white, and somewhat right-wing, and the writing is less subtle (why do I love this series again?!? =8oO Oh yeah...)), but it has some great characters of both genders.