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How very clever. Joker Send a noteboard - 17/09/2009 02:08:19 AM
I almost said "it was implied," but that suggests that it was your intention to imply it.

Anyway. Saying "I must read some female authors" is a quota, if a particularly loosely-defined one. It's only a "loaded term" in the context of starting an argument about it, I find.

But I can certainly understand why he might have taken that implication from your post. So suggesting that it springs from some sort of deficit in his character... well, it strikes me as sort of ingenuous.


Not a "deficit" at all, but at worst a missed opportunity is what I would have thought in such cases. That and I like to occasionally employ "bandwagon" techniques to sway people from time to time ;)
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This board is severely lacking in discussion of female authors Larry - 12/09/2009 08:11:46 AM 1264 Views
One of my two favorite authors is Melanie Rawn. MightyYT - 12/09/2009 09:16:40 AM 674 Views
Agreed. She is yay! *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 12/09/2009 04:05:38 PM 422 Views
That is very thinly veiled pimping of your blog, Larry *NM* Camilla - 12/09/2009 10:48:22 AM 455 Views
No Larry - 12/09/2009 10:52:12 AM 794 Views
I think what you mean is this board is lacking in discussion of lesser-known authors... Legolas - 12/09/2009 10:49:56 AM 776 Views
While part of that is true, part of it really deals with a thought when I glanced through the posts Larry - 12/09/2009 10:55:07 AM 797 Views
Re: Legolas - 12/09/2009 11:11:48 AM 849 Views
True Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:02 AM 936 Views
Perhaps. jh - 12/09/2009 12:13:50 PM 918 Views
Precisely. Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:07 PM 766 Views
Yeah Larry - 13/09/2009 08:20:12 AM 920 Views
The world is severely lacking in famous female authors. LightsongTheBold - 12/09/2009 02:53:03 PM 807 Views
Wanna bet? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:23:14 AM 714 Views
Stephanie Meyers? Are you kidding me?!?! Bookwyrm - 14/09/2009 05:32:58 AM 769 Views
She's sold tens of millions of books *shrug* Larry - 14/09/2009 05:41:21 AM 722 Views
ugh Yunalesca - 14/09/2009 11:32:18 AM 818 Views
do you see a lot of urban fantasy discussed here? random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:24:26 PM 785 Views
The most popular author in the world is female. *NM* Haggard - 15/09/2009 03:34:27 AM 339 Views
Incorrect. Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:14:06 PM 836 Views
You might want to edit that... jh - 15/09/2009 04:40:32 PM 894 Views
Agreed. Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:11 PM 843 Views
Actually, most of those authors are talked about on other boards and blogs Larry - 16/09/2009 12:22:46 AM 747 Views
... That doesn't actually change the truth-value of his statement. *NM* Craig - 16/09/2009 05:31:30 AM 423 Views
I think it does Larry - 16/09/2009 06:40:58 AM 794 Views
That was kind of the point. Craig - 16/09/2009 06:48:15 AM 854 Views
Is KJ Parker actually a woman? Chas - 16/09/2009 12:27:35 AM 703 Views
Probably. Werthead - 16/09/2009 04:51:57 AM 1097 Views
It is not uncommon in the publishing industry to pull tricks like that. jh - 16/09/2009 11:19:04 AM 784 Views
True. Werthead - 19/09/2009 03:07:03 AM 1021 Views
Review of Kate Griffin's A Madness of Angels coming soon. *NM* Craig - 12/09/2009 05:18:30 PM 371 Views
That's one I'm thinking about reading soon Larry - 13/09/2009 08:15:49 AM 763 Views
female authors ranagrande - 12/09/2009 10:28:12 PM 788 Views
I discovered Morgan Llywellyn when I was in my late teens/early 20s Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:15 AM 823 Views
I've heard she's written a little slash. True? *NM* rebelaessedai - 16/09/2009 01:53:58 AM 340 Views
None. Why in the world would you place a quota on gender? *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:46:45 PM 362 Views
Who said anything about "quotas"? Larry - 13/09/2009 08:11:21 AM 726 Views
It can be inferred. Craig - 14/09/2009 12:45:18 AM 713 Views
Bah Larry - 14/09/2009 01:09:10 AM 750 Views
How very clever. Joker - 17/09/2009 02:08:19 AM 964 Views
it can only be inferred if you confuse the necessity employed. Dan - 19/09/2009 06:49:17 AM 1003 Views
Mm. Craig - 19/09/2009 07:13:27 AM 1020 Views
LOL Joker - 20/09/2009 12:40:55 AM 1115 Views
I fight pedantic with pedantic. <3 Dan - 20/09/2009 10:09:22 AM 1063 Views
Whereas I fight it with sarcasm. *NM* Craig - 20/09/2009 06:14:52 PM 399 Views
Everyone knows women can't write! They are by far inferior to men! everynametaken - 13/09/2009 01:42:16 AM 690 Views
Larry - 13/09/2009 08:24:50 AM 711 Views
Truth. Just ask Bob Dylan! *NM* Joker - 17/09/2009 08:15:14 PM 347 Views
Connie Willis, Susanna Clarke, Diana Wynne Jones, Megan Whalen Turner (to start with) angeandbella - 13/09/2009 01:47:17 PM 774 Views
Trudi Canavan, Cate Teirnan and Michelle Paver Yunalesca - 13/09/2009 07:08:57 PM 939 Views
So many others Aeryn - 13/09/2009 10:02:29 PM 898 Views
The Yellin will be within the next couple of weeks Larry - 13/09/2009 10:28:21 PM 736 Views
I read mostly scfi these days and there just are not that many new female scfi writers random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:28:31 PM 667 Views
Jaine Fenn and Liz Williams are two pretty decent recently-emerging SF writers. *NM* Werthead - 15/09/2009 04:15:40 PM 350 Views
Jaine Fenn looks very interesting random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:17:05 PM 768 Views
... we talk about whatever comes to mind. *NM* rebelaessedai - 15/09/2009 03:13:21 PM 317 Views
This post is severely lacking in discussion of male authors. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 15/09/2009 04:42:23 PM 443 Views
Hey, doesn't Dan Brown have a new book coming out soon? *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 07:09:36 PM 340 Views
Is it like Black History Month? Larry - 16/09/2009 12:23:34 AM 735 Views
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