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

Reply to comment by serralinda73 in Connie Willis by ricocrispies

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