More notably to me they are all western.
There's a lot more diversity missed out on due to not having say Lem and the Strugasky brothers than on old and male imo.
Eastern European sci-fi is well worth spending some time on.
There's a lot more diversity missed out on due to not having say Lem and the Strugasky brothers than on old and male imo.
Eastern European sci-fi is well worth spending some time on.
On the GP's call for female authors, I'd add Joan Slonczewski, who's also a microbiology book author and professor, and draws on that knowledge for her classic A Door Into Ocean which is also feminist sci-fi.
Little-known fact: Finnish SF author Hannu Rajaniemi writes in English. Indeed, his novel "The Quantum Thief" was translated into Finnish by someone else (and made it to #2 in the "foreign translated fiction" bestseller charts in Helsinki).
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quantum-Thief-Jean-Flambeur-ebook/...
A great advantage of being able to read in a few different languages is that it greatly increases the probability that you can read any specific work.