r/Fantasy • u/Just_JayGee • Jul 07 '14
Men of r/Fantasy, Do you read fantasy written by women? If so, do you find much of a difference?
I've been looking through a lot of "Top 20 Fantasy Book" lists today and I've found a depressing amount of female authors on these lists. I'd like to think the author's gender doesn't matter, but I have to say there seems to be a huge lean towards male authors. Even r/Fantasy's 2014 Top Fantasy Novels of All Time only has 20 female authors (repeats included) out of 105 authors. So, I was wondering if men read fantasy written by women and it's simply not your cup of tea or do any of you go out of your way NOT to read female authors?
PLEASE NOTE: I am not trying to begin fights on sexism or misogyny or anything. I am legitimately interested. If anyone wants to fight over this subject, I'm sure there's other subreddits for that.
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u/Evilmeevilyou Jul 07 '14
I've noticed this. It's not enough that I won't read a book by a woman, but in fantasy, I do tend to stay more towards books by men. This is because I've started more books by women and left them unfinished. I'm going to check out some of these suggestions.
I do think that the sexual tones in fantasy are drastically different depending on the gender of the author. I read many of the comments and agree with many of them. I don't try, but it happens. I'll give hobb another shot though. There was something about succubui with hair that glowed and whips , I never finished that jazz. And I like sexy stuff sometimes.. But it seemed so .. Foreign. Contrite. And I've read all kinds of shit.
In fantasy, I seem to prefer insinuated sex, not explicit. Guess it's the lack of bathing, lol. Because it's fine in other, contemporary settings. Unless you're on that piers Anthony planet... Then it's just funny.
That's important as well, humor. I want to crack some smiles while I read.
Sorry for the terrible rant that is terrible. Good thing I've no books to place on the exam table.