Tag: book reviews
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2014 Reading Retrospective: Year of the Female SFF Author
A year ago, I decided to balance the scales and devote 2014 to reading 18 books by female science fiction and fantasy authors. In 2012 and 2013, the ratio of male to female authors on my reading lists was about 2:1. You can check out my previous series of blog posts for the details: Reading…
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2014: Year of the Female SFF Author
In my last two posts, I discussed why I stupidly used to avoid reading female authors, and how in 2012 and 2013 the ratio of male to female authors on my reading lists was about 2:1. I intend to rectify that this year.For me, 2014 will be the year of the female science fiction and…
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Why I Avoided Reading Female Authors
In 2012, I read a ratio of 2:1 male to female authors in the speculative fiction genre. 2013 was nearly as skewed. Based on my terrible track record of reading an equal number of books by men vs. women, I’ve decided to make 2014 the year of the female SFF author. Isn’t that sexist, you…