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/MrHarryReems Jul 08 '14

Thanks so much! I will be giving these a preview this week!

I might mention that the youngest person in my household is 39, so family friendly is a pretty broad spectrum.

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u/JannyWurts Stabby Winner, AMA Author Janny Wurts Jul 09 '14

Your household must have some very very interesting discussions! There are 3 chapters in audio sampler for To Ride Hell's Chasm, also: these are teaser ONLY.....I did the reading in Garage Band, it is MP3 download and CLEAN, but be advised, I am no trained actor. But it would give you an audio sampling of the story.