Author's Sex?

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

I am wonder which sex do you prefering reading from? Male or Female? Me, it is female all the way. Many female authors have a way of captivativing me whilst their male counterparts oftne fail at doing so. Male authors have a tendancy to over-describe the scenery and have choppy romances, whilst I find female authors devle into characters more whilst maintain descriptive passages too. Whether it is a novel or a manga, females tend to be my favorite. The only male authoer to get my attention was Tad Williams.

[Zante]

Some of the books I like were writen by men, some by women. I don't think the sex of a autor has anithing to do with how enjoyable their book is to me.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

I am not saying that sex has anything to do with how talented the author is, but I personaly find that there is at times a difference between how a male writes and a female writes. Maybe it is just me, but I personally tend to enjoy female authors more as they tend to steal and maintain my interest. Tolkein is an awesome author, but he really did not get my attention until Two Towers and more so in Return of the King. Douglas Adams, I find is hilarious but again it did not become one of those "I must finish this book" for me. There are other male authors who I have tried to read their books but could not for the love of me get into them. So my intention of this thread is not to play a battle of the sexes between writing styles, just to see the tendancy of preference when it comes to authors.

[Zante]

Yea, I know what you meant. :) Its just that I, personaly don't see a diference in the writing style of a male and female author.

[Raistlin]

I read both, but the books I enjoy the most tend to be written by men. I can only think of one female author (Margaret Weis) that I really enjoy.

[Old Manus]

Most male authors tend to be poofters

[Vyk]

I have two favorite authors. One's a man. One's a woman. Nice!

[Itsunari 2000]

Most male authors tend to be poofters



Well now ... I think before I embark on book-burning in protest against the " poofter " male authors, I'll address this issue.

You're just the kind of coarse, unimaginative Jack-the-Lad whose ideas of acceptable male pursuits revolve around swilling lager down the local and chatting up any " bird " unfortunate enough to find themselves the subject of your sordid intentions.
As far as you and your barfly friends are concerned, males aren't allowed to exhibit any kind of creativity or talent - males aren't supposed to be creative or intelligent, because that's the forte of " poofters ". People unlike you who, get this, are actually pursuing their ambitions instead of pissing away their time in some crappy-assed bar.

Really, it's because you're too much of a judgemental waste of time to believe otherwise.

[jrgen]

I definately prefer male authors.

[MetaphysicalManifestation]

Well now ... I think before I embark on a spot of book-burning in protest against the homosexuality of male authors, I'll address this issue.

You're the type of coarse, unimaginative Jack-the-Lad whose ideas on acceptable male pursuits revolve around lager down the local and chatting up any " bird " unfortunate enough to find themselves the subject of your sordid intentions.
As far as you and your barfly friends are concerned, males aren't allowed to exhibit any kind of creativity or talent - males aren't supposed to be creative or intelligent, because that's the forte of " poofters ".
Really, it's because you're too much of a judgemental waste of time to believe otherwise.

That sounded kind of gay :p

Anyway, everybody knows truly awesome books are created only through the contribution of two authors of opposite sex.

But then the only truely awesome book I've ever read was Well of Darkness so...

[Vyk]

Well now ... I think before I embark on a spot of book-burning in protest against the homosexuality of male authors, I'll address this issue.

You're the type of coarse, unimaginative Jack-the-Lad whose ideas on acceptable male pursuits revolve around lager down the local and chatting up any " bird " unfortunate enough to find themselves the subject of your sordid intentions.
As far as you and your barfly friends are concerned, males aren't allowed to exhibit any kind of creativity or talent - males aren't supposed to be creative or intelligent, because that's the forte of " poofters ".
Really, it's because you're too much of a judgemental waste of time to believe otherwise.
Let me get this straight... You're taking Old Manus serious? o_O;;

...is he ever serious xD

[Epiphany]

Not only did he take OM seriously he flamed him to hell.

It really doesn't matter to me what sex the author is, though I do read more books written by males because there aren't very many female authors that write the sort of books I read.

[Ziekfried]

YO! I know this is about books from what I've read but I also like many movies, anime and video games all of which have authors and most of the ones i watch, read in the case of books which I do read, and play and enjoy the most are written by men. This doesn't mean I don't enjoy writings by women justa not as many as the ones by men. This may also be due to the fact that I am a man and just spculating but men may enjoy mens writing more as a result of similar thought processes.

[~SapphireStar~]

I really dont care or mind what sex the author is, as long as they are entertaining me. Ive read novels by 9 men:
Terry Pratchett
Philip Pullman
R.L. Stine
Lemony Snicket
JR Tolkien
Bram Stoker
Shakespeare
Dan Brown
Steven King
And I believe (looking at my bookcase) I have more books by male autors then female. Female being JK Rowling, Trudi Canavan, Angie Sage and Meera Syal. Which is funny cause Ive never, ever checked before cause I never bothered to! So it looks like I do enjoy books by men, but as I said, it doesnt matter who writes it, as long as Im entertained enough to finish the book :D

[*~Endless Night~*]

I say both what does it matter if its male or female who writes a book its the story that matters

[Odaisé Gaelach]

I really don't think that it matters, though I'm pretty sure that you could tell whether a man or a woman is writing a story.

[MetaphysicalManifestation]

I don’t know….when I was reading Well of Darkness I had a hard time working out what was written by Margaret Weis and what was written by Tracy Hickman.

[Skarr]

It doesn't matter. Anyone that believes that because an authour is male that his book is automatically better than any female's, is a jerkoff. This thread borders on the line of sexism...nice too see something in The Lounge where I don't have to post a fricking list.

[a nirvana fan]

I don't really care...but all the books I've read to date are all by males, but I don't really care if there female or male who write them

[Samuraid]

Depends completely on the book. I've read good books from both male and female authors.

[Lost Number]

I mostly seem to read male authors. Thats just cause of the books I read.

[Rye]

It's pretty split, though I have been read more male author written books lately.

[DK]

Let me get this straight... You're taking Old Manus serious? o_O;;

...is he ever serious xD

I was going to say this, only in a less gay way.


(<3Vyk.:D)


And uh, as far as i'm concerned a good book is a good book. It doesn't matter to me what the gender or the style of writing is. If it's a good book, it's a good book.

[Germ Hamee]

I don't see how it's logical to have a preference. Different styles of writing have nothing to do with gender, it's a matter of voice. I discovered this while reading The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb. It's a story about a bastard prince being kept in the shadows to become a royal assassin of sorts. I was floored when I found out Robin Hobb is a chick. That taught me that not only does gender not matter, but also that you can't always know for sure what an author's gender is. There's no telling who the person behind the pseudonym is.

[Itsunari 2000]

That sounded kind of gay :p

Gay ? What's gay about it ? Come on, enlighten me MetaphysicalManifestation, joined 21st January. What's gay about it ?

Am I gay ?, are you implying ? Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not available for a love session round at your place anytime soon. Tell your friend Quentin to bring his Right Said Fred : Greatest Hits album over next time.

Some of you might think that was just petty and juvenile. Too bad it didn't " sound gay ", eh ?

[-N-]

Hahaha, you took Old Manus seriously and flamed him.

This must be archived for those gloomy rainy days where everyone needs a laugh.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

I just want to point this out for the second time. In no way am I saying whether a book is good or not based on the author's sex. I am not saying that. What I am saying is do you tend to enjoy books written by males or by females more often. I decided to make a thread like this after observing that I tend to read novels by female authors more often, and I tend to enjoy them more. I am not saying that females write better than males or anything of the sort, so please stop taking it that way.

[Del Murder]

The sex of the author doesn't matter to me. The sex of the main character used to matter to me. I wasn't able to get into books where a girl was the main character, because I couldn't identify with them. Not anymore, though. A strong main character has qualities that can be identified in both sexes.

[TurkSlayer]

I don't care who wrote the book/fanfic/manga. It's the gender of the protagonist that matters to me. I often have trouble reading books where a woman is the main character. It's not that I'm sexist or anything, far from it in fact, but I just have trouble relating to female lead characters.

[MetaphysicalManifestation]

Gay ? What's gay about it ? Come on, enlighten me MetaphysicalManifestation, joined 21st January. What's gay about it ?

Am I gay ?, are you implying ? Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not available for a love session round at your place anytime soon. Tell your friend Quentin to bring his Right Said Fred : Greatest Hits album over next time.

Some of you might think that was just petty and juvenile. Too bad it didn't " sound gay ", eh ?
You have a real problem with gay people, don't you?

[TurkSlayer]

You have a real problem with gay people, don't you?
I'm sure that that was the point...

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Actually, I always foudn it easy to understand either sexed protagonist. Whether it be female or not. Though my favorite novels do have many strong female characters...

[Madame Adequate]

I really don't notice much. All I know is there's good books and bad books.

[Hawkeye]

I find this thread very amusing

I dont care about authors sex