More on boy books

[electricland]

I take it back. The gender divide in reading continues into adulthood. Well, according to one limited sample, anyway. I dunno. Is this broadly applicable? What's the last book you read? And are you male or female?

Here is an annoyingly breezy Telegraph article that attempts to Explain It All.

Playboy once published an Ursula K. Le Guin short story under the name "U.K. Le Guin" -- something about their readers being intimidated or nervous or bored by female writers. I mocked when I learned this, but it sounds like they were onto something.

Comments

[llnaughty.livejournal.com]

to be honest, it took me a moment to identify the last book written by a woman that i read, but i'd like to think it was more because i just don't pay attention to that at all. incidentally, it was the time traveler's wife, and i loved it.

[pretentiousgit.livejournal.com]

You loved it because it's an awesome, awesome book.