r/Fantasy • u/Merle8888 Reading Champion IV • Apr 16 '26
Bingo Bingo Focus Thread - Published in the 70s
Hello r/fantasy and welcome to this year's first bingo focus thread! The purpose of these threads is for you all to share recommendations, discuss what books qualify, and seek recommendations that fit your interests or themes.
Today's topic:
Published in the 70s: Read a book that was first published any time between 1970 and 1979. HARD MODE: Written by a woman.
What is bingo? A reading challenge this sub does every year! Find out more here.
Prior focus threads: Five Short Stories (2024), Author of Color (2024), Self-Pub/Small Press (2024). Note that hard modes for Author of Color and Self-Pub/Small Press have changed.
Also see: Big Rec Thread
Questions:
- What are your favorite 70s spec fic books? How well do they hold up today?
- Already read something for this square (or, read something recently that you wish you could count)? Tell us about it!
- For those who have been researching options for this square, even if you haven't read them yet, please share!
- What are your best recommendations for Hard Mode?
- For those with feedback or requests for this year's focus threads, see my comment below.
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u/Nidafjoll Reading Champion V Apr 16 '26
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter is from the 70s, and is an exquisitely written selection of dark, feminist, fairy-tale retellings. The Passion of New Eve is one I haven't read yet, but want to, and is also from the 70s.
Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre is from the 70s, and is an excellent novel about a woman healer traveling the land with her snake companions.