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submitted 2 days ago by 3dmvr@lemm.ee to c/books@lemmy.ml

Realm of the Elderlings is my favorite series of all time and its written by a woman, but every other book series ive read that ive liked has been written by a man. Not sure how to describe how most books I tried written by woman in the past felt other than the audience not feeling like me. Realm of the elderlings I never had this issue, I enjoyed following the female protoganists and the fool even if I dont identify with how they feel, so I think its not necessarily the main character being a male for half the series being why I like it.

I just typically dont like men written by woman like woman rightfully dont like woman written by most male authors, since it tends to be done poorlly. Looking for series/authors that do a good job of representing both genders and writing for them, not misrepresenting either or acting like its the only thing that defines them and all their actions.

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[-] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago

Have you tried Ursula Le Guin? Her Earthsea stuff really grabbed me when I was younger.

[-] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Oh I definitely rememebr reading it, was it the word magic stuff

[-] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

I apparently have the first ebook, must've gotten distracted by some other series and forgotten it

[-] dlsloop@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

A Wizard of Earthsea is probably my favorite fantasy book. Around the fourth book it starts to get a bit woman targeted, I feel, but it's still a great series.

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