I’m not always this cynical…

Posted on by rmhaskell

… but that doesn’t mean this doesn’t ring with a bit of truth.

Q: How many male SFF writers does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: [ten volume epic fantasy series praised for redefining the genre; all the villains have brown skin, and every female character is either raped, murdered or psychologically broken by the finale]

from What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

(Warning: Quite a bit of profanity in the original post)

~ RM

3 thoughts on “I’m not always this cynical…”

  1. Cheryl December 11, 2013 at 11:34 pm

    Yes, very much so. Some of the others were kind of amusing, in an ‘eyeroll’ kind of way. The eyeroll being the fact that they were also true.

  2. Madeleine Giorgio February 19, 2014 at 12:40 pm

    I don’t get it. What is SFF? Is it a sub-genre or something?

    1. rebekah February 24, 2014 at 2:16 am

      Science-Fiction and Fantasy

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