That said

[james_davis_nicoll]

Let's look at the list of authors Gollancz supplies to the right of the essay linked to in the previous entry.

    Ben Aaronovitch                           Kristen Britain
    Joe Abercrombie                           Kristin Cashore
    James Barclay                             Rae Carson
    Stephen Baxter                            Elspeth Cooper
    AJ Dalton                                 Jaine Fenn        
    Philip K. Dick                            Charlaine Harris                       
    Stephen Deas                              Suzanne McLeod
    M. John Harrison                          Sarah Pinborough
    Scott Lynch                               Justina Robson
    Paul McAuley                              Sarah Silverwood
    Richard Morgan
    Stan Nicholls
    Pierre Pevel
    Robert V.S. Redick
    Alastair Reynolds
    Adam Roberts
    Patrick Rothfuss
    Brandon Sanderson
    Andrezj Sapkowski
    Robert Silverberg
    Gavin G. Smith
    Jon Sprunk
    Sam Sykes
    Michael J. Ward
    Gene Wolfe
    Chris Wooding

Total	Male   Female	F/M	F/T
 36      26     10      .38     .28

Comments

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

You need to add more uncertainty to the world. I knew the general proportions without looking, because you posted it . . .

[kgbooklog.livejournal.com]

Isn't that an above average amount of women for posts like these?

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

Sarah Pinborough and Sarah Silverwood are the same person.

Factoids: Gollancz was one of only two UK genre publishers to put out an SF novel by a woman last year (the other being Newcon). They were the only UK genre publisher to put out more than one (seven, in fact).