The Many Worlds of Martha Wells: 25 Years of Fantasy Novels Before Murderbot

Martha Wells is probably best known today for her recent Hugo and Nebula award-winning Murderbot Diaries series. However, she's been writing speculative fiction for 30 years, and her earlier fantasy novels are wonderful and deserve more attention.

Her worldbuilding skills are well-honed, and she creates radically different worlds or settings in her books, many of which are standalone (!!!) novels.

I highly recommend exploring her works!

0:20 Murderbot Diaries
1:14 Martha Wells' worldbuilding & style
2:24 The Element of Fire
3:35 City of Bones
7:50 The Death of the Necromancer
9:49 Wheel of the Infinite
12:43 Books of the Raksura

Other videos featuring different parts of my book collection are linked below.

Michael Moorcock:
Enter the Multiverse:    • Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion, ...  

Guy Gavriel Kay:
Tier Ranked:    • Tier Ranking Guy Gavriel Kay's Fantas...  
GGK Is the Greatest Living Fantasy Author:    • [OLD VERSION; Please watch improved J...  

Stephen R. Donaldson's Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever series:
First Chronicles:    • Are the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant...  
Second Chronicles:    • Are the Second Chronicles of Thomas C...  
Last Chronicles:    • The Final Chronicles of Thomas Covena...  

Brandon Sanderson vs. the Evil Librarians:    • Brandon Sanderson's Most Overlooked B...  

Channel Overview:    • Welcome to the library ladder!  
Children’s Books Overview:    • 150 Years of Classic Children's Books  
Science Fiction Overview:    • Rare and Classic Science Fiction Books  
Fantasy Overview:    • Classic Fantasy Fiction Books - A que...  
Mystery Overview:    • Classic Whodunits and Noir Fiction  
Adventure Overview:    • Classic Thrillers and Adventure Ficti...  
Horror and Weird Fiction Overview:    • Classic Horror and Weird Fiction - Yo...  


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Literature Overview:    • Classic and Modern Literature from th...  
Antiquarian Nonfiction Overview:    • Antiquarian Books About the World (a....  
Illustrated Books Overview:    • The Golden Age of Book Illustration, ...  


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