in a breakdown by authors, not books, what percentage of the top 237 were female versus male? I'd credit a heavier bias for older "classic" "this is the first sf I read" titles over the more recent titles as being even more evident. I limited my votes to one per author, and the male-authored books I voted for all ranked higher than the female-authored books with one exception. the fact that that one exception was the oldest & the only single-book choice instead of a series suggest that the greater number of voters were older and less current in their reading than the average current reader of the genre. for the record, the authors whose work I voted for were: Tolkien, Asimov, Heinlein, McCaffrey, Niven, Bujold, Cherryh, Novik, Lee & Miller, & Baker. I have to say that I felt I couldn't not vote for the guys who were responsible for me being in the right section to find the later female authors. I do note that Norton must have been called YA as well, like the Heinlein wasn't?
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I'd credit a heavier bias for older "classic" "this is the first sf I read" titles over the more recent titles as being even more evident.
I limited my votes to one per author, and the male-authored books I voted for all ranked higher than the female-authored books with one exception.
the fact that that one exception was the oldest & the only single-book choice instead of a series suggest that the greater number of voters were older and less current in their reading than the average current reader of the genre.
for the record, the authors whose work I voted for were: Tolkien, Asimov, Heinlein, McCaffrey, Niven, Bujold, Cherryh, Novik, Lee & Miller, & Baker.
I have to say that I felt I couldn't not vote for the guys who were responsible for me being in the right section to find the later female authors.
I do note that Norton must have been called YA as well, like the Heinlein wasn't?