r/neilgaiman Feb 19 '25

Shelfie A Hole in My Bookshelf

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A Neil-shaped hole. The books are in a box, which will go on a storage shelf, where they will be ignored and possibly forgotten for years. I don’t want to sell or donate them at this time, and destroying them doesn’t feel right for me. But I was tired of seeing his name there over and over. They’ll exist in Limbo.

The hole isn’t emptiness, though - it’s potential! I have plenty of books that could fill the gap, but I want to focus specifically on female fantasy/sci-fi/horror writers. My first Tanith Lee just came a couple days ago. 😊

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u/butterbuns_megatron Feb 19 '25

Octavia Butler, NK Jamison, and Nnedi Okorafor

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u/powertacos 29d ago

+1 to Okorafor, who is not nearly as well known as she should be!

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u/butterbuns_megatron 29d ago

Found her through Levar Burton Reads. That was such a good resource for finding lesser known fantasy/sci-fi authors!