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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 1419 Views
Yes. *NM* jh - 25/12/2012 10:07:26 AM 495 Views
They're among the best fantasy series out there, yes. Legolas - 25/12/2012 07:02:39 PM 1012 Views
What makes it so good, your opinion? Also, does it have a satisfying conclusion? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 26/12/2012 10:50:53 PM 394 Views
Good questions. Legolas - 26/12/2012 11:30:14 PM 1193 Views
Great info, thanks! A few more questions..... Anonymous2000 - 27/12/2012 12:30:39 AM 983 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 918 Views
Yes and No Wibble - 27/12/2012 02:10:16 PM 1010 Views
There is one main arc, but it's not easy to spot badassashaman - 27/12/2012 05:12:20 PM 1054 Views
Do it! MonCul - 26/12/2012 03:09:41 PM 1178 Views
I started Gardens of the Moon recently. j-whitt987 - 26/12/2012 09:45:58 PM 1300 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 462 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 1041 Views
Yes. Yes, it does. Legolas - 28/12/2012 10:41:17 PM 923 Views
I liked the first one... *Major Book 2 Spoilers* Wibble - 28/12/2012 10:51:09 PM 989 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 929 Views
The complaints about Felisin have always had me shaking my head Larry - 29/12/2012 02:38:03 AM 979 Views
No, it's true, it makes sense enough. Legolas - 29/12/2012 08:34:24 AM 966 Views
Perhaps the biggest problem Wibble - 01/01/2013 12:20:18 AM 999 Views
I think it's just indicative of general misogyny in the fantasy readerbase, myself. *spoilers* Ghavrel - 30/12/2012 09:51:08 AM 993 Views
General misogyny? lol A Deathwatch Guard - 31/12/2012 05:50:15 AM 931 Views
I liked Felisin's stuff. Stephen - 29/12/2012 04:15:04 PM 936 Views
Just adding my bit here... vandevere - 29/12/2012 04:42:21 AM 1139 Views
sausagefest of a post up in here temeraire - 09/01/2013 04:43:38 PM 919 Views
Sadly, most posts here are that Larry - 09/01/2013 05:31:40 PM 1042 Views
Not much mystery to that, is there? Legolas - 09/01/2013 05:52:09 PM 978 Views
Nope, no mystery at all Larry - 09/01/2013 06:12:17 PM 976 Views
Of course, the genre as a whole has more male readers. Legolas - 09/01/2013 06:32:34 PM 909 Views
Genre? No. Opposite for the whole Larry - 09/01/2013 06:41:54 PM 975 Views
Re: Genre? No. Opposite for the whole DomA - 10/01/2013 01:11:27 AM 906 Views
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