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In reply to the discussion: Do any of you ladies or men notice any differences in books by female authors? [View all]bemildred
(90,061 posts)28. Not familiar, and I see a lot of allisons when i google it.
I tend to be kind of old school these days, I think.
However, I've been thinking about this since I wrote that, and I think I would say that gender stereotypes in authors are breaking down, as in other areas. Something that has been going on for a long time, but which has really accellerated since I was a kid. A good thing too. Let's you have lots more choices when you want to take your mind out for a walk.
Edit: one of the things that first started to annoy me with SF was the plastic female characters (e.g. Heinlein), the mystification of gender, and it's really only modern authors who at least attempt to be realisitic that I read now and then today.
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Do any of you ladies or men notice any differences in books by female authors? [View all]
fadedrose
Apr 2012
OP
I read a lot of science fiction which doesn't contain much romance to start with.
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2012
#2
Its really telling what fiction a serious reader prefers....here's a few of mine.....
Rowdyboy
May 2012
#31
" She also occasionally wrote under the pseudonym Raccoona Sheldon (1974–77). "
raccoon
May 2012
#24