Editing Sarah Zettel (section)

==Reception==
Sarah Zettel's first novel ''Reclamation'' was nominated for the [[Philip K. Dick Award]] in 1997 and won the [[Locus Award for Best First Novel]] the same year.<ref name="Awards">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Sarah_Zettel |title=Sarah Zettel |website=Science Fiction Awards Database |access-date=April 5, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Open">{{cite web |url=https://openroadmedia.com/contributor/sarah-zettel |title=Sarah Zettel |website=Open Road Media |access-date=April 5, 2021}}</ref> Writing as C. L. Anderson, her novel ''Bitter Angels'' won the 2010 Philip K. Dick award for best science-fiction paperback.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarahzettel.com/about-me/about-cl-anderson/ |title=About CL Anderson |website=Official website |access-date=April 5, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Open"/> Her novel ''Fool's War'' became a ''New York Times'' Notable Book in 1997. The [[American Library Association]] said ''Playing God'' is "one of the Best Books for Young Adults of 1999". ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' and the American Library Association said her novel ''Dust Girl'' is one of that year's "best young adult books".<ref name="Open"/>

Professor and media scholar [[Henry Jenkins]] wrote; "Sarah Zettel's 1997 novel, ''Fool's War'' makes an important contribution to the growing body of feminist literature about artificial intelligence, taking the relationship between bodies and information as one of its core themes".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rossier.usc.edu/faculty-and-research/directories/a-z/profile/?id=49 |title=Henry Jenkins |website=University of Southern California |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102193418/https://rossier.usc.edu/faculty-and-research/directories/a-z/profile/?id=49 |access-date=April 5, 2021|archive-date=January 2, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.mit.edu/m-i-t/science_fiction/profiles/zettel.html |title=Sarah Zettel |last=Jenkins |first=Henry |date=1998 |website=Media in Translation |access-date=April 5, 2021}}</ref> John R. Alden of ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' reviewed ''Fool's War'', stating; "Sarah Zettel's thought-provoking tale offers an energetic plot and a cast full of appealing characters".<ref>{{cite news |date=April 20, 1997 |title=Fool's War |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75120168/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> A ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' review of ''Playing God'' says; "Readers will embrace this complex, multidimensional saga (Zettel's hardcover debut, and the best of her three novels) not only for its depiction of exotic alien civilization and its action-packed plot but also for its pertinent themes of tribalism, intolerance and ecological disaster".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780446523226 |title=Playing God |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=April 5, 2021}}</ref>

''Fool's War'' was included in [[Book Riot]]'s list titled "10 Chillingly Possible Sci-Fi Books About AIs Taking Over" and says, "This book does a fantastic job of capturing the tipping point that exists right before an AI wakes up and starts taking some sweet revenge for all those years of servitude".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bookriot.com/books-about-artificial-intelligence/ |title=10 Chillingly Possible Sci-Fi Books Abouts AIs Taking Over |last=Gooding-Call |first=Ann |date=June 21, 2009 |website=Book Riot |access-date=April 5, 2021}}</ref> ''Dust Girl'',  in which the main character is of mixed race and is half-fairy, was included in a ''[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle's]]'' list titled "12 Awesome YA Novels Featuring POC Protagonists".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/150069-12-young-adult-novels-with-poc-protagonists |title=12 Awesome YA Novels Featuring POC Protagonists |last=Kovach |first=Catherine |date=March 25, 2016 |website=Bustle |access-date=April 5, 2021}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
Major awards and nominations in the science fiction and fantasy field:<ref name="Awards"/>

* [[Sidewise Awards]], works of alternate history, for "The Persistence of Souls" (The Shadow Conspiracy), nomination, 2010
* [[Otherwise Award|James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award]], for ''Playing God'', shortlist, 1999
* [[Locus Award]], for ''Fool's War'', 8th place, 1998
* [[Locus Award]], for ''Reclamation'', first novel category, winner (tie), 1997
* [[Locus Award]], for "Under Pressure" (Analog Apr 1996), short story category, finalist, 1997
* [[Philip K. Dick Award]], for ''Reclamation'', finalist, 1997
* Analog readers Poll, aka the AnLab, for "Driven by Moonlight" (Analog Dec 1991), best short story, 5th place, 1992