Hello and welcome to Spec Fic Chicks, a feminist-leaning book review blog by a trio of opinionated, self-labeled “Chicks” who love to read and write Speculative Fiction. This blog was born out of a conversation we had on the way home from the 2011 World Fantasy Convention, at which we’d all attended an interesting panel about the state of women in fantasy and science fiction. In that panel, the question was once again raised about why women were published less often than men in Speculative Fiction, and the point was once again made and brought home that it wasn’t so much that women weren’t submitting as much (though that was true too) or publishing as much (though that’s true as well)—but crucially, that women authors were also not reviewed as often or in as many places. That experience, combined with the “too many books/too little time” complaints that invariably ensue from returning home from that con with yet another pile of a couple of dozen books to read, made us go “hey, what if we started a blog whose focus is on reviewing Spec Fic books by women?”
We hope the reviews you find here are interesting or useful or at least make you think. If you are interested in having your book reviewed here, you can contact Julia Dvorin at quixhobbit (at) gmail (dot) com and we’ll talk.
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