Ada wrote:From what you've just said, I predict you're not going to like The Quest. I'm wondering if WS is writing more for his female fans than the male ones now.
If one becomes a famous author and learns more women read your novels than men, does it influence your future stories/style of writing?
Has the fact more women than men read WS books been discussed anywere on this Forum?
I've just about finished reading When The Lion Feeds for the umpteenth time and it really is "one for the boys". It's about brothers, mateship, hunting, mining, punch ups, et. etc., with the occasional mention of love & relationships. (Actually, that could cover quite a few of WS's novels.) If I had known that before hand I may never have picked it up. (I hate senseless killing of animals and think boxing should be banned.) And yet, I love WS novels. Mind you, I've quite an eclectic taste in novels with romance being very low on the list.
So, unlike you Penitent, I'm looking forward to reading The Quest and think it will be very interesting to see whether more women than men like it.
Uh oh
I do hope this isn't the beginning of a senseless Men v Women debate because that would be ludicrous in respect of the fact that we are all WS fans here.
I don't know where they get these stats of their being more female readers from, in 20 years of reading and buying these books i have certainly never been asked and i imagine most on here haven't. I bet the truth of the matter is that it is probably a complete split or so very close that it hardly matters.
I totally disagree about Wilbur writing more for his female fans i don't think he is the kind of author who would alter his style just to suit one gender more than an other, and if he did so he would be putting the finger up to a huge percentage of his readers who are very much a part of where he is today.
As for the way this conversation has been going; well i'm male and hate the hunting of animals, and i know i am not alone on here on that score. Also you don't have to look very far on this forum to find guys who are talking a lot about romance.
As for Warlock having more of a feminist touch, well it's certainly something i didn't notice and rate it as one of my favourite WS novels.