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How very clever. Joker Send a noteboard - 17/09/2009 02:08:19 AM
I almost said "it was implied," but that suggests that it was your intention to imply it.

Anyway. Saying "I must read some female authors" is a quota, if a particularly loosely-defined one. It's only a "loaded term" in the context of starting an argument about it, I find.

But I can certainly understand why he might have taken that implication from your post. So suggesting that it springs from some sort of deficit in his character... well, it strikes me as sort of ingenuous.


Not a "deficit" at all, but at worst a missed opportunity is what I would have thought in such cases. That and I like to occasionally employ "bandwagon" techniques to sway people from time to time ;)
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This board is severely lacking in discussion of female authors Larry - 12/09/2009 08:11:46 AM 1563 Views
One of my two favorite authors is Melanie Rawn. MightyYT - 12/09/2009 09:16:40 AM 938 Views
Agreed. She is yay! *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 12/09/2009 04:05:38 PM 578 Views
That is very thinly veiled pimping of your blog, Larry *NM* Camilla - 12/09/2009 10:48:22 AM 593 Views
No Larry - 12/09/2009 10:52:12 AM 1085 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 1043 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 1079 Views
Re: Legolas - 12/09/2009 11:11:48 AM 1115 Views
True Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:02 AM 1216 Views
Perhaps. jh - 12/09/2009 12:13:50 PM 1192 Views
Precisely. Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:07 PM 1003 Views
Yeah Larry - 13/09/2009 08:20:12 AM 1228 Views
The world is severely lacking in famous female authors. LightsongTheBold - 12/09/2009 02:53:03 PM 1089 Views
Wanna bet? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:23:14 AM 1012 Views
Stephanie Meyers? Are you kidding me?!?! Bookwyrm - 14/09/2009 05:32:58 AM 1023 Views
She's sold tens of millions of books *shrug* Larry - 14/09/2009 05:41:21 AM 972 Views
ugh Yunalesca - 14/09/2009 11:32:18 AM 1138 Views
do you see a lot of urban fantasy discussed here? random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:24:26 PM 1079 Views
The most popular author in the world is female. *NM* Haggard - 15/09/2009 03:34:27 AM 477 Views
Incorrect. Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:14:06 PM 1110 Views
You might want to edit that... jh - 15/09/2009 04:40:32 PM 1160 Views
Agreed. Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:11 PM 1084 Views
Actually, most of those authors are talked about on other boards and blogs Larry - 16/09/2009 12:22:46 AM 979 Views
... That doesn't actually change the truth-value of his statement. *NM* Craig - 16/09/2009 05:31:30 AM 545 Views
I think it does Larry - 16/09/2009 06:40:58 AM 1041 Views
That was kind of the point. Craig - 16/09/2009 06:48:15 AM 1136 Views
Is KJ Parker actually a woman? Chas - 16/09/2009 12:27:35 AM 941 Views
Probably. Werthead - 16/09/2009 04:51:57 AM 1368 Views
It is not uncommon in the publishing industry to pull tricks like that. jh - 16/09/2009 11:19:04 AM 1031 Views
True. Werthead - 19/09/2009 03:07:03 AM 1265 Views
Review of Kate Griffin's A Madness of Angels coming soon. *NM* Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:30 PM 510 Views
That's one I'm thinking about reading soon Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:49 AM 1033 Views
female authors ranagrande - 12/09/2009 10:28:12 PM 1036 Views
I discovered Morgan Llywellyn when I was in my late teens/early 20s Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:15 AM 1071 Views
I've heard she's written a little slash. True? *NM* rebelaessedai - 16/09/2009 01:53:58 AM 466 Views
None. Why in the world would you place a quota on gender? *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:46:45 PM 493 Views
Who said anything about "quotas"? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:11:21 AM 1006 Views
It can be inferred. Craig - 14/09/2009 12:45:18 AM 990 Views
Bah Larry - 14/09/2009 01:09:10 AM 1028 Views
How very clever. Joker - 17/09/2009 02:08:19 AM 1242 Views
it can only be inferred if you confuse the necessity employed. Dan - 19/09/2009 06:49:17 AM 1279 Views
Mm. Craig - 19/09/2009 07:13:27 AM 1313 Views
LOL Joker - 20/09/2009 12:40:55 AM 1375 Views
I fight pedantic with pedantic. <3 Dan - 20/09/2009 10:09:22 AM 1311 Views
Whereas I fight it with sarcasm. *NM* Craig - 20/09/2009 06:14:52 PM 525 Views
Everyone knows women can't write! They are by far inferior to men! everynametaken - 13/09/2009 01:42:16 AM 927 Views
Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:50 AM 943 Views
Truth. Just ask Bob Dylan! *NM* Joker - 17/09/2009 08:15:14 PM 498 Views
Connie Willis, Susanna Clarke, Diana Wynne Jones, Megan Whalen Turner (to start with) angeandbella - 13/09/2009 01:47:17 PM 1035 Views
Trudi Canavan, Cate Teirnan and Michelle Paver Yunalesca - 13/09/2009 07:08:57 PM 1254 Views
So many others Aeryn - 13/09/2009 10:02:29 PM 1145 Views
The Yellin will be within the next couple of weeks Larry - 13/09/2009 10:28:21 PM 990 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 972 Views
Jaine Fenn and Liz Williams are two pretty decent recently-emerging SF writers. *NM* Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:15:40 PM 477 Views
Jaine Fenn looks very interesting random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:17:05 PM 1003 Views
... we talk about whatever comes to mind. *NM* rebelaessedai - 15/09/2009 03:13:21 PM 434 Views
This post is severely lacking in discussion of male authors. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2009 04:42:23 PM 649 Views
Hey, doesn't Dan Brown have a new book coming out soon? *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:36 PM 473 Views
Is it like Black History Month? Larry - 16/09/2009 12:23:34 AM 995 Views
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