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Location: behind the 4th wall | There are many male authors who write genre fiction but some readers prefer to read female authors. If you are one of those readers, this challenge is for you! Expand your “girl power horizons" and challenge yourself to read more male authors in 2017. Share which authors you've chosen for the challenge. Tell us who your favorite male authors are. Discuss why you prefer female authors and why this challenge is challenging for you. Welcome to the challenge and good luck! |
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| Interesting! I *wish* I had this problem; one of the reasons I joined the *opposite* challenge was because it's very difficult for me to find female authors. I would love to compare notes with someone who is struggling with this: I may have some male author recommendations to offer and I've love to get some female author recommendations in return! |
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Location: behind the 4th wall | I think you're probably in the majority, Sable. I wasn't sure if there'd be much interest in this type of challenge but I thought maybe, just maybe, there'd be other readers like me who have a preference for female authors. Plus, I was trying to force myself to stop deleting male authors from my TBR list.
It seems to me that male authors tend to write a lot of action, violence, war, and politics, whereas women focus more on story development, psychology, and relationships, which I much prefer. For years I didn't even think I liked sci-fi because I did not enjoy reading the "old men" (Heinlein, Asimov, Dick, et al) but I've discovered that I do enjoy sci-fi that was written in the last 10-15 years, though usually by female authors.
Some female recommendations for you? Well, these are some of my favorites.....
Solitaire by Kelly Eskridge
The Unseen World by Liz Moore
When She Woke by Hilary Jordan
Station Eleven by Hilary St John Mandel
The Drowning Girl by Caitlin Kiernan
Liz Jensen
Jess Richards
Lydia Netzer
Scarlett Thomas
Aimee Bender
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| Neat! Thank you!
Let's see: based on those preferences, I would suggest Samuel R. Delany, Robert Sawyer, and possibly Gene Wolfe. And if any more occur to me (these are just off the top of my head) I will let you know. |
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Location: behind the 4th wall | I've almost added Calculating God by Sawyer to my TBR list many times. Based on your rec, I have finally done so. Thanks! I've read Wolfe's Long Sun series and liked, but didn't love, it. I had to read Delany in college....ugh...my brain. He's a challenging one, he is. |
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Location: New Zealand | My favourite male authors would include Robert J Sawyer, Robert Charles Wilson, Jon Courteney Grimwood (particular 9 Tail Fox), Tim Powers, James Blaylock, Graham Joyce, and of course the wonderful Guy Gavriel Kay. If you haven't tried any of those I say give them a go.
I actually seem to have pretty much a 50/50 split on the male and female authors I read. |
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Location: behind the 4th wall | I have Sawyer and Kay on my reading list. I very much enjoyed The Silent Land by Joyce. Thanks for the recommendations! |
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| dalex said, "...whereas women focus more on story development, psychology, and relationships..."
Hmmm... maybe try?:
- China Mieville
- Mark W. Tiedemann
- James H. Schmitz
- John Varley
- David Weber (Honor Harrington series)
- Paolo Bacigalupi (maybe)
Those are just off the top of my head - there have got to be a bunch more I'm not thinking of at the moment...
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Location: behind the 4th wall | In 2017 I read 72 books. Only 12 of those were by male authors (which is why I created this challenge!).
5 Stars
The Broken Ones - Stephen Irwin
The Moon King - Neil Williamson
4 Stars
The Trees - Ali Shaw
The Scar - China Mieville
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Isiguro
Three Years with the Rat - Jay Hosking
The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins
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Barren Cove - Ariel Winter
Night of the Animals - Bill Broun
Last Dragon - JM McDermott
The Raft - Fred Strydom
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The Music of Razors - Cameron Rogers
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2017 Men of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge