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Originally Posted by jhempel24
I'm one that can't stand books by female authors (with a VERY few exceptions)....no offense...it's just the writing style, too much romance, I don't need to read 2-3 pages on how they are screwing...women can't seem to write action scenes as well as men, and the pacing of their books just doesn't seem right to me.
Female authors that I DO enjoy:
Alex Kava
JK Rowling (yeah, like Harry Potter, sue me)
Margaret Weiss (when paired with Tracy Hickman)
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How many female authors have you actually read?
You don't like romance and you don't like to read about screwing, OK, I can understand that. But assuming that just because a woman is writing, those two elements will be present... that's just not true.
I can give you some examples of books written by women where there is no or very little romance. Margaret Atwood comes to mind. As for the screwing, that's very easy. Anything written before the 20th century, and much of what was written in the first half of the 20th, whether written by men or women, has absolutely no screwing at all.
Can't talk about the action scenes though, as I am not that interested in them myself.
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Originally Posted by Ea
You sound annoyed by my question.... You don't find it a valid point to look into?
I made this poll because I see statements such as that women read both male and female authors, while men apparently tend to prefer male authors. I thought it could be interesting to get an impression of the state of things here at MR.
While I think gender ought not to mean anything and my ideal is a gender neutral society, in real life and in practise it does mean a lot anyway. It's questions worth looking into and discussing.
And where did this come from? edit: It gives me the impression that you are angry/annoyed and perhaps think my question is stupid. It gives me the impression that you are for some reason angry and annoyed by the question. I don't quite understand why. I felt mildly attacked.
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Well yes, the question annoyed me, but it doesn't mean that you were wrong to ask. What annoys me, really, is the assumptions people make about men and women (such as the one I replied to above). I'm sorry you felt attacked, and it's certainly not personal. The whole subject of men and women tends to switch me into an aggressive mode.
