In which I tally the women in genre reqs on that io9 article about that Strange Horizons article

[julieandrews]

So I waded through the comments on the io9 article about the Strange Horizons number-crunching. A lot of people replied to one specific request for female authors, with varying levels of enthusiasm, for lots of women to check out.

I did a tally.

Any time a female author was mentioned, I noted it. Whether they were directly a suggestion or just came up in the discussion. Here's the results:

Six Times
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Ursula K. Le Guin
Octavia Butler

Five Times
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Connie Willis (once in the context of Harlan Ellison)

Four Times
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Lois McMaster Bujold
Anne McCaffrey

Three Times
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N. K. Jemisin
Nalo Hopkinson
Robin McKinley
C. J. Cherryh
Tanith Lee
Jacqueline Carey
Kage Baker
Mira Grant/Seanan Maguire



Two Times
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Margaret Atwood
Vonda McIntyre
Stephenie Meyer (misspelled both times)
Julian May
Tamora Pierce
Andre Norton
Elizabeth Moon
Patricia McKillip
Catherine Asaro
Robin Hobb
Stina Leicht
Karen Traviss
Joan Vinge
James Tiptree Jr.
Nancy Kress
Kathy Acker

One Time
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Ekaterina Sedia
Lauren Beukes
Gail Carriger
Ilona Andrews
Meljean Brook
Mary Gentle
Charlaine Harris
Laurel K Hamilton
Emma Bull
Margrate Ball
R. A. Macavoy
Janet Kagan
Cherie Priest
Kelly Link
Kij Johnson
Jo Walton
Aliette de Bodard
Sherri S. Tepper
S. L. Viehl
K. V. Johansen
Elizabeth Bear
Amanda Downum
Rachel Caine
Tanya Huff
Sharon Shinn
Carrie Vaughn
Kim Harrison
Kate Wilhelm
Diana Wynne Jones
Pamela Sargent
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Katherine Kurtz
Nancy Farmer
Madeline L'Engle
Poppy Z. Brite
Jennifer Roberson
Diana Gabaldon
Diana L. Paxson
Melanie Rawn
Jeanette Winterson
Marge Piercy



Things I noticed:

* The Jane Austen Book Club was referred to without mention of the author, Karen Joy Fowler (who also isn't in the above list)
* Harry Potter was referred to without mention of the author, J. K. Rowling (who also isn't in the above list)
* The Hunger Games was referred to without mention of the author, Suzanne Collins (who also isn't in the above list)

Who's Missing?

(This isn't a trick question.)
(Or is it?)

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