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Genre? No. Opposite for the whole Larry Send a noteboard - 09/01/2013 06:41:54 PM
While I agree with your points, I'd also add that it doesn't help when many epic fantasy fansites are male-dominated :P

But as you mentioned, Erikson's readership seems even more skewed than that of Jordan or (debatably) even Martin. Which does seem unfair as in some ways he writes better women than either of them.


There are only a few rough estimates available (book sales, mostly), but it seems that only in certain subgenres of SF and fantasy (the grimdark type) are there still more male than female readers. As for Martin, GoT has a large female viewership (even my sister, who has never read any of the books and expressed surprised that I even knew of the series, is a fan of the HBO series), yet Erikson does not. But even then, there seem to be more female readers of the Malazan books than of Bakker's series, about which I've only encountered the rare woman who claimed to like the series after the first couple of books :P
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Are the Malazan books any good? beetnemesis - 25/12/2012 05:05:46 AM 1561 Views
Yes. *NM* jh - 25/12/2012 10:07:26 AM 572 Views
They're among the best fantasy series out there, yes. Legolas - 25/12/2012 07:02:39 PM 1191 Views
What makes it so good, your opinion? Also, does it have a satisfying conclusion? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 26/12/2012 10:50:53 PM 471 Views
Good questions. Legolas - 26/12/2012 11:30:14 PM 1371 Views
Great info, thanks! A few more questions..... Anonymous2000 - 27/12/2012 12:30:39 AM 1152 Views
I actually haven't read the last two books yet, but my answer has to be a no A Deathwatch Guard - 27/12/2012 07:37:36 AM 1098 Views
Yes and No Wibble - 27/12/2012 02:10:16 PM 1210 Views
There is one main arc, but it's not easy to spot badassashaman - 27/12/2012 05:12:20 PM 1210 Views
Do it! MonCul - 26/12/2012 03:09:41 PM 1338 Views
I started Gardens of the Moon recently. j-whitt987 - 26/12/2012 09:45:58 PM 1498 Views
Thanks to everyone for their feedback. I'm thinking of starting Malazan after AMOL as well. *NM* RandAllThor - 28/12/2012 03:39:34 PM 532 Views
I liked the first one; the second one, not so much. I haven't read beyond that. Stephen - 28/12/2012 07:24:35 PM 1186 Views
Yes. Yes, it does. Legolas - 28/12/2012 10:41:17 PM 1090 Views
I liked the first one... *Major Book 2 Spoilers* Wibble - 28/12/2012 10:51:09 PM 1170 Views
Felisin always kinda sucked, but the second point was one of the best parts! A Deathwatch Guard - 29/12/2012 02:29:08 AM 1105 Views
The complaints about Felisin have always had me shaking my head Larry - 29/12/2012 02:38:03 AM 1160 Views
No, it's true, it makes sense enough. Legolas - 29/12/2012 08:34:24 AM 1133 Views
Perhaps the biggest problem Wibble - 01/01/2013 12:20:18 AM 1198 Views
I think it's just indicative of general misogyny in the fantasy readerbase, myself. *spoilers* Ghavrel - 30/12/2012 09:51:08 AM 1160 Views
General misogyny? lol A Deathwatch Guard - 31/12/2012 05:50:15 AM 1102 Views
I liked Felisin's stuff. Stephen - 29/12/2012 04:15:04 PM 1097 Views
Just adding my bit here... vandevere - 29/12/2012 04:42:21 AM 1308 Views
sausagefest of a post up in here temeraire - 09/01/2013 04:43:38 PM 1086 Views
Sadly, most posts here are that Larry - 09/01/2013 05:31:40 PM 1214 Views
Not much mystery to that, is there? Legolas - 09/01/2013 05:52:09 PM 1149 Views
Nope, no mystery at all Larry - 09/01/2013 06:12:17 PM 1140 Views
Of course, the genre as a whole has more male readers. Legolas - 09/01/2013 06:32:34 PM 1091 Views
Genre? No. Opposite for the whole Larry - 09/01/2013 06:41:54 PM 1171 Views
Re: Genre? No. Opposite for the whole DomA - 10/01/2013 01:11:27 AM 1087 Views
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