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2017 Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge
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Posted 2017-01-02 5:33 PM (#14893)
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Back by popular demand it's the WoGF!  This year I spread out the challenge levels so we can pick up some folks who want to get in at the lower level.  Each level up is double the previous so at the top level we're up to 48 which will make some folks here happy I'm sure!  I took out the review requirements to make things simpler and updated the reading level titles just for fun.

Read on!

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Sable Aradia
Posted 2017-01-02 5:52 PM (#14897 - in reply to #14893)
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Yay! Is it still completely new-to-you women authors, or are we counting all women authors? (I don't mind either way, just wanting to know what challenge level I should sign up for, is all).
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Posted 2017-01-02 6:53 PM (#14899 - in reply to #14897)
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Sable Aradia - 2017-01-02 5:52 PM Yay! Is it still completely new-to-you women authors, or are we counting all women authors? (I don't mind either way, just wanting to know what challenge level I should sign up for, is all).

New to you women as always. 

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Posted 2017-01-02 6:57 PM (#14900 - in reply to #14893)
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Thanks for the different levels!
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Posted 2017-01-02 7:03 PM (#14903 - in reply to #14893)
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Okay, thanks, it just didn't say that in the description is all. Perfect! And I agree, thanks for the levels.
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Posted 2017-01-02 9:10 PM (#14908 - in reply to #14893)
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Location: Middle TN, USA		I plan to read some of the full length books from some of my tor.com reads from last year. I suppose technically these may not be considered "new" authors, but since I did not count them in any of the challenges except the tor.com and 2016 reads. Don't worry challenge purists I's going to read some completely random reads also.
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Posted 2017-01-02 11:30 PM (#14912 - in reply to #14908)
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I just updated the challenge description to be more explicit about it being new-to-you women authors and I laid out the details for the different reading levels.

- Adventurer: 6 authors/books - all 6 must be new-to-you with 1 random pick

- Voyager:  12 authors/books - all 12 must be new-to-you with 1 random pick

- Pathfinder:  24 authors/books - 12 must be new-to-you with 1 random pick -  the other 12 can be any women you choose or multiples by the same authors or re-reads etc.

- Pioneer:  48 authors/books -  12 must be new-to-you with 1 random pick -  the other 36 can be any women you choose or multiples by the same authors or re-reads etc.

Hope you like the updates.  I think this will play nicely with some of the other challenges.
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Weesam
Posted 2017-01-03 12:38 AM (#14917 - in reply to #14912)
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Location: New Zealand		Too late. I have already picked out 48 new-to-me authors and I'm sticking with them! Wouldn't part with a single one of them. My random is K.V. Johansen. I went to the "All Women Authors" list shut my eyes, scrolled down, and picked the author my mouse stopped on.
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Posted 2017-01-04 9:39 PM (#14946 - in reply to #14893)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		I picked my random pick in the same way Weesam did and came up with Fear the Drowning Deep by Sarah Glenn Marsh. I doubt I would ever have chosen that one perusing the list with my eyes open. I have it on my library hold list and should get it in a few days. Hope it's good.
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Posted 2017-01-05 2:00 AM (#14947 - in reply to #14893)
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Location: Middle TN, USA		My random read is Susan and Clay Griffith The Shadow Revolution. Fantasy, Steampunk not really my cup of tea, but I'm giving it a try.
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Posted 2017-01-07 10:41 AM (#14980 - in reply to #14893)
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I have a couple of books that were gifted to me when my boss was cleaning out her garage, so I don't expect I'm going to have any trouble with the "random" requirement this year.
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Posted 2017-01-10 8:34 AM (#15028 - in reply to #14893)
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Location: UK		If anyone wants to be more scientific about it, there appear to be 1476 authors in the All Women Authors list as of about half-an-hour ago when I created my list. I've generated some random numbers at random.org and looked up the author from there.

I allow myself a few refusals to make sure it's someone whose work I can actually get hold of.

My list is here, in handy spreadsheet format with numbered rows (if this link works):

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KYW2blyAg-ViB-DrfkW8iPQfygWtsrb3Nf...

Note that it does have my read authors at the top, so it won't be in quite the same order as anyone else's All Women Authors page.

I guess I could build in a random number picker, but I am technically on work's time now.

Edit: There are 1476 not 1477 - "Women Authors I Haven't Read" is not actually an author.

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Posted 2017-01-11 2:06 PM (#15045 - in reply to #14893)
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Location: Middle TN, USA		I just finished my first book for this challenge, The Shadow Revolution, it was not my cup of tea really. Although it was touted as steampunk, it was more "steampunk-lite." It would be better listed as fantasy. The book was just lousy with werewolves! At least my random read is done. My Mom referred this book to me. I'm not ready to write off the series just yet, but I am putting reading the next book on the way back burner for now.

I am half way through Poppy Brite's Drawing Blood, and am much happier with this choice.
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Posted 2017-01-12 6:36 AM (#15050 - in reply to #14893)
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Location: UK		My first book was disappointing, too. I read Medalon by Jennifer Fallon, and found it a bit too full of plot-induced stupidity. I do have another of the author's books lined up, which had better recommendations, but Medalon was a library loan so I had to read that first.
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Posted 2017-01-12 9:48 AM (#15056 - in reply to #15050)
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DrNefario - 2017-01-12 4:36 AM

My first book was disappointing, too. I read Medalon by Jennifer Fallon, and found it a bit too full of plot-induced stupidity. I do have another of the author's books lined up, which had better recommendations, but Medalon was a library loan so I had to read that first.


Yeah, I thought that was bloody awful too. I read that last year (and there's a few hours of my life I'm never going to get back). I actually carried on to Treason Keep, hoping it would get better. It didn't.
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Posted 2017-02-09 12:29 PM (#15260 - in reply to #14893)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		I've read three books for this challenge and all were random! I guess I didn't have to scroll through the list of women authors with my eyes shut. I picked Fear the Drowning Deep by Sarah Glenn Marsh that way. It was a young adult novel full of teen angst and young love and teens save the town without the adults really knowing - not my type of book. I rarely like young adult novels. The second random pick was chosen because of comments made in the add books to the database forum. The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood was interesting. But, I am not sure that it's really genre. There were no fantastical, futuristic or supernatural elements to this book. It was a study of human nature. The third showed up on the daily random picks feed. I used to swim at Quintana Beach when I lived on the Gulf Coast, so Tales of the Quintana Roo caught my attention. It is a collection by James Tiptree, Jr. centering on the mythology of the Mayans in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It was the best of the three. So much for my planned reading list. All those random books throw me off track to complete my challenges. But, they are fun to find and read.
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Posted 2017-02-19 9:59 AM (#15320 - in reply to #14893)
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So I finished Star Songs of an Old Primate and I think that James Tiptree Jr. is a genius. Just sayin'.
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Posted 2017-03-06 3:00 PM (#15421 - in reply to #14893)
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Confirming something: does this challenge include women co-authoring with men or just as solo authors? I read A.A. Aguirre's Bronze Gods and that's Ann Aguirre writing with her husband. And I can think of a couple of other examples (Ilona Andrews, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller).
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Posted 2017-03-06 4:37 PM (#15422 - in reply to #15421)
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juliael71 - 2017-03-06 3:00 PM Confirming something: does this challenge include women co-authoring with men or just as solo authors? I read A.A. Aguirre's Bronze Gods and that's Ann Aguirre writing with her husband. And I can think of a couple of other examples (Ilona Andrews, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller).

As long as the woman author in the pair is new to you the book counts.  Go for it!

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Posted 2017-03-06 6:55 PM (#15424 - in reply to #15422)
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Great! Thanks!

Now I just need to figure out how to pick my "random" choice.

I borrowed DrNefario's list of the authors and used random number generator to see what popped up. I also allowed for refusals -- in one case (Elizabeth Willey), I owned some of their work, but not the first book in the series, which is out of print. Last one was Kate Elliott who I've meant to try reading more of anyway, so... could be fun!

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Sable Aradia
Posted 2017-03-23 2:08 PM (#15484 - in reply to #14893)
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Hey gang! HumbleBundle is offering a collection of some of the greats of women in sci-fi/fantasy right now: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/women-of-scifi-and-fantasy-book-b...
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Posted 2017-04-04 11:44 AM (#15557 - in reply to #14893)
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I'm so excited to discover this challenge (and list - thanks for that!). My personal challenge for this year was to make a conscious effort to read mainly women authors of speculative fiction to balance out my male-heavy reading habits, so this is perfect for me
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Posted 2017-04-04 11:59 AM (#15558 - in reply to #14893)
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Great! Love your 'name!'
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Posted 2017-04-08 1:03 PM (#15573 - in reply to #14893)
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Location: Middle TN, USA		First, welcome to the challenge SheSpeculates! I have chosen to up my total number read to 24 for the first time ever! I'm excited to have an entire spate of new women author choices due mostly to the tor.com short story challenge. So two birds and all. I'm quite excited by the prospects.
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Posted 2017-04-13 11:34 AM (#15579 - in reply to #15320)
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Sable Aradia - 2017-02-19 7:59 AM

So I finished Star Songs of an Old Primate and I think that James Tiptree Jr. is a genius. Just sayin'.


Wholeheartedly agree! I recently read the Her Smoke Rose Up Forever collection. Borrowed it from the library, read the first 4 or 5 stories and ended up ordering a copy to own because I could already tell that I would want to read the stories again. I then picked up a copy of James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, which I just finished last night. Wow! Highly recommended to anyone - science-fiction fan or not. Tiptree fan or not. A simply riveting bio that reveals so many connections between Sheldon the person and the stories she produced as Tiptree/Raccoona.
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