You seem to be saying (correct me if I'm wrong here) that you don't expect female authors in the US to be analytical (or "that analytical") and logical in creating their invented worlds.

Rather than get all defensive about this (for myself and other female authors in the US), let me ask first what you mean by "analytical." Mind you, I like Novik's books, and I agree that she set a good solid background under them. But so have other writers I enjoy, both male and female.

IMO, all good stories have good interior logic--whether they're SF or not. If there's an impossibility (in SF, anyway) it needs to become part of that book's logic; it needs to make sense in that book-universe. "Analytical excellence" in a story (and especially in SF) means to me that the writer has thought about the implications of their maguffin, and worked it all out in a way that feels right to the reader with some awareness of the field. IF this were possible, yes, it could work like that.

So, what do you mean by "analytical" and (just as important) can you give examples of books by US female SF writers that you feel do not compare well in that department with Novik?