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Posted 2016-01-21 7:08 PM (#12456 - in reply to #12453)
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Sable Aradia - 2016-01-21 6:32 PM I have a question. "New to you" authors. Two things. One - if the author is totally new to you this year, can you read and review more than one book by that same author? (fFor instance, I have just discovered C.J. Cherryh and may read more than one book by her). Two - I have read quite a few of the great women in sci-fi: Octavia E. Butler, Lois McMaster Bujold, Ursula K. LeGuin, Joan D. Vinge, etc., at least once, but it has been many years since I have read them and I have never done a review for this site. If I am reading one of their books that I have never read before, does that count? Or not, because the author is not "new to me," even though the book is? Thanks!

Well, the intent of the challenge is to get folks to try new women authors.  If it was just "read 12 women" we'd end up with all the top women authors being read because that's what people would gravitate towards - tried and true favorites.  We want to hear about the women outside of Butler, Le Guin, Bujold, Willis etc.  Get some new names into the conversation if we can and move people outside their comfort zones a bit.  The random author requirement is an additional spur.

But, having said that, if you feel like some of those authors could be "new-to-you" again because you read them years ago and don't really remember them I say go for it.  We don't need to get so hung up on rules that it's a chore.  I don't think 2 books by the same author should count though - should still be 12 different authors.


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