Five years of Strahan's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year

Five years of Strahan's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year

: james_nicoll; November 30th, 2011

Title             Total        M     F      Mu
Volume Five        29          14    14     1
Volume Four        29          12.5  16.5
Volume Three       28          17    11 
Volume Two         24          16     8 
Volume One         24          17     7

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james_nicoll

2011-11-30 07:49 pm (UTC)

Volume Two came out the same year as Eclipse Two: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, whose sex ratio (13 males, 2 females) attracted some commentary. Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy had 6 men and 10 women and I wonder if perhaps if one squints one cannot see the m/f balance in his Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year changing just a tad at about the same time.

pauldrye

2011-11-30 08:08 pm (UTC)

Mu?

heron61

2011-11-30 08:17 pm (UTC)

I'm also a bit puzzled by the 0.5 entries.

james_nicoll

2011-11-30 08:21 pm (UTC)

Cowrite, get half a credit. If it's a man and a woman, that's 0.5 to the men and 0.5 to the women.

james_nicoll

2011-11-30 08:20 pm (UTC)

Not resolvable into a simple binary choice.

ariaflame

2011-12-01 12:33 am (UTC)

Not sure when they came out but certainly the local (to him and me if we are talking the same Strahan) scene has not been quiet of late about gender balance. We've got a fair amount of local strong female writers and publishers that are difficult to ignore as examples.

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