Since this genre is female first person dominated it stands to reason that they would eventually whittle away at my bastion of manliness, but I am finding myself enjoying increasingly romantic works.

I just started reading Kelley Armstrong's 'Women of the Underworld' and despite the main focus being on this woman's relationships I loved the book. It still has the action element, so it's certainly not a romance novel but all of the characterization and character growth surrounds her love life.

Can somebody suggest some really misogynistic authors for me to read? I might have to reread Wheel of Time or something.

 

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You should read Robert E. Howards Conan books. That should put you back in testosteronville. Just make sure you read the ones by Howard. Its okay if they're edited by Lynn, Carter, or deCamp. Just don't read any bad knock offs. Robert Jordan in particular wrote what i thought were some really bad Conan books.

 

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Sword of Truth is always good for a little misogyny as all men prove their superiority to women by raping them. Of course, after reading them again it's likely you'll begin to show other symptoms, like obsessively preaching directly out of "Atlas Shrugged" to people who, largely, aren't that interested any longer.

 

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I considered mentioned Sword of Truth along with Wheel of Time but Goodkind has a real S&M dominatrix thing going on as well. Every female character in the book except for Kahlan may get raped (and she comes damn close) but so does Richard.

Plus, the ingrained misogyny in WoT is much more profound that Goodkind's rape and S&M fantasies.

 

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speaking of chick urban fantasy, is the weather warden series all stand alone books the way dresden is?

 

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Yes, though there are some minor cliff-hangers. It is a lot like Dresden or Hallows, she writes a complete plot arc and each book is a self contained story, but the over-arcing story continues and she will set up the next book at the end of the current novel.

 

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excellent. i was hoping they weren't all one big story. i'm starting to loath long series that aren't mostly stand alone.

 

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make sure you check out the "outcast" series. its a spin off from the weather wardens and i liked it alot more.

 

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I have Outcast book 1 but I've bought so many books since Christmas I haven't gotten around to it. After burning through the 8 weather warden books in as many days I figure I deserve a break. I just hope the author doesn't start doing cross-overs. I don't like what Patricia Briggs did with her spin-off series.

 

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I enjoyed Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow... very chicky though she is a superhuman hunter of things that go bump in the night so that makes it easier to swallow.

I liked it enough to get the others of the series but haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

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