Maureen McHugh is worth checking out. Her novel Mission Child is about the consequences of humans returning to a planet they colonised after some time - the effects of this on the societies that built up there and especially on the main character. I gather that McHugh's other books are also excellent. Sadly a lot of them are out of print, but I heartily recommend tracking them down - the Amazon marketplace has used copies.
Eleanor Arnason seems to do more social-based sf too, although I've not read any of her novel-length work.
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Date: 2012-01-10 08:46 pm (UTC)Eleanor Arnason seems to do more social-based sf too, although I've not read any of her novel-length work.