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do you see a lot of urban fantasy discussed here? random thoughts Send a noteboard - 14/09/2009 04:24:26 PM
Robin Hobb is great, I'm not descriminating, but most of the books that are recommended or read by fantasy readers are male authors. I love Robin Hobbs things, and other people apparently like Anne McAffrey, god knows why. But I think the discussion of female authors on here is directly proportional to the amount of female fantasy authors out there.


Look at the NY Times Bestsellers List. Note the number of urban fantasies and paranormal romance fantasies on that list. Note that virtually all of them are by female authors such as Patricia Briggs (whose graphic novel prequel, Mercy Thompson: Homecoming, was quite good), Charlaine Harris, the ever-popular Stephanie Meyer, etc.

Considering that close to 2/3 of the review copies I get from publishers are for urban fantasies and that the vast majority of writers for those type of fantasies are women, I'd have to say that for non-epic fantasies, female authors (and readers) are driving the market right now.
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This board is severely lacking in discussion of female authors Larry - 12/09/2009 08:11:46 AM 1421 Views
One of my two favorite authors is Melanie Rawn. MightyYT - 12/09/2009 09:16:40 AM 810 Views
Agreed. She is yay! *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 12/09/2009 04:05:38 PM 508 Views
That is very thinly veiled pimping of your blog, Larry *NM* Camilla - 12/09/2009 10:48:22 AM 518 Views
No Larry - 12/09/2009 10:52:12 AM 916 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 899 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 942 Views
Re: Legolas - 12/09/2009 11:11:48 AM 982 Views
True Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:02 AM 1069 Views
Perhaps. jh - 12/09/2009 12:13:50 PM 1063 Views
Precisely. Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:07 PM 893 Views
Yeah Larry - 13/09/2009 08:20:12 AM 1106 Views
The world is severely lacking in famous female authors. LightsongTheBold - 12/09/2009 02:53:03 PM 946 Views
Wanna bet? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:23:14 AM 871 Views
Stephanie Meyers? Are you kidding me?!?! Bookwyrm - 14/09/2009 05:32:58 AM 897 Views
She's sold tens of millions of books *shrug* Larry - 14/09/2009 05:41:21 AM 845 Views
ugh Yunalesca - 14/09/2009 11:32:18 AM 1024 Views
do you see a lot of urban fantasy discussed here? random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:24:26 PM 943 Views
The most popular author in the world is female. *NM* Haggard - 15/09/2009 03:34:27 AM 418 Views
Incorrect. Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:14:06 PM 984 Views
You might want to edit that... jh - 15/09/2009 04:40:32 PM 1031 Views
Agreed. Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:11 PM 962 Views
Actually, most of those authors are talked about on other boards and blogs Larry - 16/09/2009 12:22:46 AM 859 Views
... That doesn't actually change the truth-value of his statement. *NM* Craig - 16/09/2009 05:31:30 AM 480 Views
I think it does Larry - 16/09/2009 06:40:58 AM 922 Views
That was kind of the point. Craig - 16/09/2009 06:48:15 AM 994 Views
Is KJ Parker actually a woman? Chas - 16/09/2009 12:27:35 AM 826 Views
Probably. Werthead - 16/09/2009 04:51:57 AM 1229 Views
It is not uncommon in the publishing industry to pull tricks like that. jh - 16/09/2009 11:19:04 AM 912 Views
True. Werthead - 19/09/2009 03:07:03 AM 1140 Views
Review of Kate Griffin's A Madness of Angels coming soon. *NM* Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:30 PM 442 Views
That's one I'm thinking about reading soon Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:49 AM 915 Views
female authors ranagrande - 12/09/2009 10:28:12 PM 912 Views
I discovered Morgan Llywellyn when I was in my late teens/early 20s Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:15 AM 941 Views
I've heard she's written a little slash. True? *NM* rebelaessedai - 16/09/2009 01:53:58 AM 399 Views
None. Why in the world would you place a quota on gender? *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:46:45 PM 425 Views
Who said anything about "quotas"? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:11:21 AM 874 Views
It can be inferred. Craig - 14/09/2009 12:45:18 AM 850 Views
Bah Larry - 14/09/2009 01:09:10 AM 883 Views
How very clever. Joker - 17/09/2009 02:08:19 AM 1114 Views
it can only be inferred if you confuse the necessity employed. Dan - 19/09/2009 06:49:17 AM 1147 Views
Mm. Craig - 19/09/2009 07:13:27 AM 1170 Views
LOL Joker - 20/09/2009 12:40:55 AM 1244 Views
I fight pedantic with pedantic. <3 Dan - 20/09/2009 10:09:22 AM 1187 Views
Whereas I fight it with sarcasm. *NM* Craig - 20/09/2009 06:14:52 PM 454 Views
Everyone knows women can't write! They are by far inferior to men! everynametaken - 13/09/2009 01:42:16 AM 825 Views
Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:50 AM 828 Views
Truth. Just ask Bob Dylan! *NM* Joker - 17/09/2009 08:15:14 PM 407 Views
Connie Willis, Susanna Clarke, Diana Wynne Jones, Megan Whalen Turner (to start with) angeandbella - 13/09/2009 01:47:17 PM 903 Views
Trudi Canavan, Cate Teirnan and Michelle Paver Yunalesca - 13/09/2009 07:08:57 PM 1137 Views
So many others Aeryn - 13/09/2009 10:02:29 PM 1029 Views
The Yellin will be within the next couple of weeks Larry - 13/09/2009 10:28:21 PM 876 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 788 Views
Jaine Fenn and Liz Williams are two pretty decent recently-emerging SF writers. *NM* Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:15:40 PM 410 Views
Jaine Fenn looks very interesting random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:17:05 PM 883 Views
... we talk about whatever comes to mind. *NM* rebelaessedai - 15/09/2009 03:13:21 PM 370 Views
This post is severely lacking in discussion of male authors. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2009 04:42:23 PM 568 Views
Hey, doesn't Dan Brown have a new book coming out soon? *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:36 PM 392 Views
Is it like Black History Month? Larry - 16/09/2009 12:23:34 AM 872 Views
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