Females what do you like to Read ? Watch ?

[Rashak Mani]

I was wondering what fantasy novels/books our female board members enjoy ? Non fantasy what appeals to the female taste ? I selected fantasy books I have read recently... not necessarily a universal choice of course. (multiple choices)

Do you think in general female gamers like the same stuff the boys do or something else ?

What did you like in the LOTR movie most ? What are your favorite fantasy films ?

I basically want to see any trends in the female taste as compared to the overall male majority on the board ...

(Males are invited to comment on taste diferences if they are relevant and not sexist please... )

 

[Superman]

I´m a curious male... -Ahem- taking a peek...

 

[Chuckwalla]

SHOUT.
OUT.

I'm a whole 14.29% of voters so far.

 

[EverSoar]

Heh, I was thinking, as I clicked on the thread. That I hope they have a option, of male taking a peak. And you did.

 

[The Traveler]

Of course you can just click "view results" if you're a guy, and thus not skew the percentages...

 

[Ashtal]

Please...

...call us women! It sounds less clinical and also that you are also talking to the same species.

Anyway, I've only had a smattering of experience with Tolkein and I have the first Wheel of Time book that I plan to check out after buying the RPG.

As to what I read...I have a shelf full of SF & Fantasy...do you want it all?

Let's do authors: Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill, Nancy Kress, Marrion Zimmer Bradley, Laurie King, Roger Zelazny, Peirs Anthony, Robin McKinnley, Joan D. Vinge, Harry Harrison, Anne Rice, Melanie Rawn, Greg Bear, Larry Niven, Neil Gaimen, Douglas Adams.

Those authors are taken from books I still own and treasure. I've unloaded lots of other books at the local used book store, too.

But I'm not what you'd call a fan reader. I pick up what looks interesting. I don't follow everything an author releases, except partially for Laurie King (who writes decidedly non-fantasy mystery books and one terrific series which features Sherlock Holmes). I'm open minded and will try anything that sounds good or comes highly recommended.

Lesse ... LotRs. I loved the opening battle sequence, loved Arwen riding across the country with Frodo, loved Gandolf trapped on the very top of the tower, loved the battle scene with the rock troll in Moria, loved Galadriel and the elves, loved the scene of Samwise almost drowning as he doggedly goes after Frodo, loved where Bilbo really did transform into a horrible, clutching creature when he spied the ring on Frodo's necklace, and the sound the horses of the RingWraiths as they chased the hobbits through the Shire.

Favorite fantasy movies...Labyrinth, Ever After, Braveheart, Conan, LotR ... though, quite honestly I tend to prefer Sci-Fi movies over Fantasy ones...so few fantasy, so badly done...

I think women gamers like what they like, just like male gamers do. I really don't think they would have entered the hobby if they didn't already see something appealing that called to them. And I think that the number of women who do game is directly related to the number that get into sci-fi and fantasy fandom (to whatever degree). Get them there, and you have a great in to pull them in the rest of the way.


Ashtal

 

[Rashak Mani]

Hmmm females... I mean .. ahem ... women aren´t from a different species ? Darn I could have thought it was the case...

Like a friend of mine said... why look for alien lifeforms in outerspace when they are here with us already...


Ducks swinging handbag....

 

[Kiir]

Re: Please...

Let's see Ashtal got a lot of the authors I read: Mercedes Lackey, Marrion Zimmer Bradley, Roger Zelazny, Peirs Anthony, Larry Niven, Neil Gaimen, Douglas Adams, Anne McCaffrey, Terry Pratchet, David Eddings, Raymond Feist, Heinlein, Asimov


I hate Jordan the man has got to be the most boring person in the world, I read the first 3 in his series and started the 4th, gave up gave it about 4 years tried it again, read the first 3 in the series got to the 4th book gave up and haven't tried since. I just can't finish his books they bored me to death

Favorite fantasy movie: Labyrinth

there is no question there. I have to admit it I am one of the few people that still hasn't seen LotR, I love the books, just haven't gotten around to the movie yet.

 

[Nikchick]

My tastes in reading material have never matched up with my female peers in the game industry. Read some L'Engle and LeGuin in grade school/jr. high, a little Orson Scott Card and Zelazny in high school, but I was never the rabid fantasy reader, and especially never things like Dragonlance books. I read the first Magic: the Gathering novel and it was *dreadful* so I never tried another of those.

The only fantasy I've read in years was the Harry Potter series.

I've been eagerly awaiting the follow-up book to Bernard Cornwell's Harlequin (which I picked up at a Heathrow airport bookstore in 2000 and the darn follow-up still isn't available!). Historical fiction, very enjoyable.

Nicole

 

[DnDChick]

What did I like most about the LoTR movie?

Hmmm...Viggo Mortensen...(drool)

My fave authors are Tolkien, Poe, Dickens, others.

And here is my DVD Wish List, to get an idea of the movies I like

Conan the Barbarian
Dark Crystal, The
Dragonheart
Dragonslayer
Dungeons and Dragons
Empire Strikes Back, The
Eric the Viking
Fellowship of the Ring, The (When Released)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Krull
Labyrinth
Last Unicorn, The
Legend
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python’s Flying Circus (Episodes)
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Monty Python’s Meaning of Life
Neverending Story, The
Princess Bride, The <~ one of my absolute favorites!
Return of the Jedi, The
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Simpsons, The (Episodes)
Star Wars
Time Bandits
Titanic
Willow
Wizards
X-Men