serralinda73 t1_iugod5i wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:34 AM

Some people love her (me!), and some people don't. While I think many people who have been reading SF for a while know of her even if they haven't read any of her books, SF in general is a niche genre and she's kind of niche within that niche. The way she mixes history and SF is what makes me love her books (I love reading historical fiction as well as SF and fantasy).

ricocrispies OP t1_iugokm5 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:36 AM

That's what has been so odd to to me. I know many people who love SF, and are much more read in the genre than me and none of them have heard of her.

matts2 t1_iugrchd wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:10 AM

She has won more awards then anyone. Every novel in the time travel series won a Hugo.

serralinda73 t1_iugpmx7 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:49 AM

Yeah, but most people who like SF are into the more space opera stuff, or the hard-SF exploration, or extremely far-future, or want aliens/robots. She keeps the SF elements minimal, mostly just time travel, so I can see why many wouldn't give her books a try or would find them...not really very SF.

ricocrispies OP t1_iugpzsf wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:53 AM

That's fair. It's hard to put her books in to a single category. They are SF, historical fiction, and mystery all at once