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Re: Legolas Send a noteboard - 12/09/2009 11:11:48 AM
I wouldn't pin too much hopes on Book Clubs for generating discussions. I think the point of my post was overlooked to a degree - that being that 1) I noticed something that I've been working actively for months to address in my own reading, 2) I want to have a conversation or three about this here at some point in time.

I know, their history doesn't make it too promising. :P But "optimism is a moral duty" and all that. ;)

But seriously, if the point of your post was only the gender of the authors discussed, then I have to say, female authors like Hobb, Wurts, Rawn, Elliot, Carey, Friedman, Zimmer Bradley, Rowling, Atwood,... have been mentioned and discussed on this board so far. If male authors were discussed a lot more, well, that's because male authors dominate the genres that are most popular here, and to increase the amount of female authors read would require either reading different genres or niches, or some kind of "positive discrimination" in your reading. As you are apparently doing yourself.
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This board is severely lacking in discussion of female authors Larry - 12/09/2009 08:11:46 AM 1377 Views
One of my two favorite authors is Melanie Rawn. MightyYT - 12/09/2009 09:16:40 AM 761 Views
Agreed. She is yay! *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 12/09/2009 04:05:38 PM 483 Views
That is very thinly veiled pimping of your blog, Larry *NM* Camilla - 12/09/2009 10:48:22 AM 500 Views
No Larry - 12/09/2009 10:52:12 AM 871 Views
I think what you mean is this board is lacking in discussion of lesser-known authors... Legolas - 12/09/2009 10:49:56 AM 850 Views
While part of that is true, part of it really deals with a thought when I glanced through the posts Larry - 12/09/2009 10:55:07 AM 886 Views
Re: Legolas - 12/09/2009 11:11:48 AM 941 Views
True Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:02 AM 1018 Views
Perhaps. jh - 12/09/2009 12:13:50 PM 1012 Views
Precisely. Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:07 PM 848 Views
Yeah Larry - 13/09/2009 08:20:12 AM 1053 Views
The world is severely lacking in famous female authors. LightsongTheBold - 12/09/2009 02:53:03 PM 905 Views
Wanna bet? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:23:14 AM 821 Views
Stephanie Meyers? Are you kidding me?!?! Bookwyrm - 14/09/2009 05:32:58 AM 857 Views
She's sold tens of millions of books *shrug* Larry - 14/09/2009 05:41:21 AM 805 Views
ugh Yunalesca - 14/09/2009 11:32:18 AM 972 Views
do you see a lot of urban fantasy discussed here? random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:24:26 PM 889 Views
The most popular author in the world is female. *NM* Haggard - 15/09/2009 03:34:27 AM 383 Views
Incorrect. Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:14:06 PM 926 Views
You might want to edit that... jh - 15/09/2009 04:40:32 PM 982 Views
Agreed. Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:11 PM 924 Views
Actually, most of those authors are talked about on other boards and blogs Larry - 16/09/2009 12:22:46 AM 820 Views
... That doesn't actually change the truth-value of his statement. *NM* Craig - 16/09/2009 05:31:30 AM 463 Views
I think it does Larry - 16/09/2009 06:40:58 AM 877 Views
That was kind of the point. Craig - 16/09/2009 06:48:15 AM 940 Views
Is KJ Parker actually a woman? Chas - 16/09/2009 12:27:35 AM 790 Views
Probably. Werthead - 16/09/2009 04:51:57 AM 1184 Views
It is not uncommon in the publishing industry to pull tricks like that. jh - 16/09/2009 11:19:04 AM 871 Views
True. Werthead - 19/09/2009 03:07:03 AM 1099 Views
Review of Kate Griffin's A Madness of Angels coming soon. *NM* Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:30 PM 420 Views
That's one I'm thinking about reading soon Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:49 AM 855 Views
female authors ranagrande - 12/09/2009 10:28:12 PM 870 Views
I discovered Morgan Llywellyn when I was in my late teens/early 20s Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:15 AM 902 Views
I've heard she's written a little slash. True? *NM* rebelaessedai - 16/09/2009 01:53:58 AM 379 Views
None. Why in the world would you place a quota on gender? *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:46:45 PM 403 Views
Who said anything about "quotas"? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:11:21 AM 817 Views
It can be inferred. Craig - 14/09/2009 12:45:18 AM 801 Views
Bah Larry - 14/09/2009 01:09:10 AM 836 Views
How very clever. Joker - 17/09/2009 02:08:19 AM 1077 Views
it can only be inferred if you confuse the necessity employed. Dan - 19/09/2009 06:49:17 AM 1100 Views
Mm. Craig - 19/09/2009 07:13:27 AM 1130 Views
LOL Joker - 20/09/2009 12:40:55 AM 1200 Views
I fight pedantic with pedantic. <3 Dan - 20/09/2009 10:09:22 AM 1146 Views
Whereas I fight it with sarcasm. *NM* Craig - 20/09/2009 06:14:52 PM 431 Views
Everyone knows women can't write! They are by far inferior to men! everynametaken - 13/09/2009 01:42:16 AM 777 Views
Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:50 AM 789 Views
Truth. Just ask Bob Dylan! *NM* Joker - 17/09/2009 08:15:14 PM 387 Views
Connie Willis, Susanna Clarke, Diana Wynne Jones, Megan Whalen Turner (to start with) angeandbella - 13/09/2009 01:47:17 PM 860 Views
Trudi Canavan, Cate Teirnan and Michelle Paver Yunalesca - 13/09/2009 07:08:57 PM 1084 Views
So many others Aeryn - 13/09/2009 10:02:29 PM 981 Views
The Yellin will be within the next couple of weeks Larry - 13/09/2009 10:28:21 PM 817 Views
I read mostly scfi these days and there just are not that many new female scfi writers random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:28:31 PM 745 Views
Jaine Fenn and Liz Williams are two pretty decent recently-emerging SF writers. *NM* Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:15:40 PM 389 Views
Jaine Fenn looks very interesting random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:17:05 PM 843 Views
... we talk about whatever comes to mind. *NM* rebelaessedai - 15/09/2009 03:13:21 PM 354 Views
This post is severely lacking in discussion of male authors. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2009 04:42:23 PM 545 Views
Hey, doesn't Dan Brown have a new book coming out soon? *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:36 PM 374 Views
Is it like Black History Month? Larry - 16/09/2009 12:23:34 AM 825 Views
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