How are you people voting for stuff that hasn't even been released? Don't those votes belong on a "Can't Wait 2014" poll??

Artemas wrote: "How are you people voting for stuff that hasn't even been released? Don't those votes belong on a "Can't Wait 2014" poll??"

Yes, how can there be a Best of 2014 list when 2014 has barely started?

It's a 'Most Anticipated' list.

Tim wrote: "It's a 'Most Anticipated' list."

That sounds more like it.

Edited criteria for the list. Removed several duplicates and several books not published in 2014.

David wrote: "Edited criteria for the list. Removed several duplicates and several books not published in 2014."

Thanks David!

3/25/14: Cleaned up list and removed books as follows:
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson: (Author advocates Jim Crow Laws against gay marriage)

Doors of Stone by Rothfuss: 2015 not to be printed in 2014. I wish!

The Bloody Ripper by TA Uner: chap book

Heartbitten: a New Adult Vampire Romance by Aubrey Rose : paranormal romance

The Beast by Lyndsay Mead: paranormal romance

DragonFly by Charles A. Cornell: ebook only

Of Darkness and Crowns (Goddess Wars #2) by Trisha Wolfe: paranormal romance

Paranormal Romance, chap books and ebooks only are not list criteria. Removed the Sanderson novel because of author homophobia.

David wrote: "3/25/14: Cleaned up list and removed books as follows:
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson: (Author advocates Jim Crow Laws against gay marriage)

Doors of Stone by Rothfuss: 2015 not to be prin..."

Since I haven't read Words of Radiance, I'm REALLY curious how Sanderson combines Jim Crows laws and gay marriage. Care to elaborate?

The Ten Thousand wasn't released in 2014.

I have no idea about the contents of Sanderson's novels (as I've only read his first novel), but the author himself advocates against marriage equality. It's a bigoted position and he should be called out on it. He does not deserve a free pass. It's unconscionable.

Basically Sanderson says marriage is only between and man and a woman. Gay couples should be limited to civil unions, under state supported separate-but-equal laws.

See http://brandonsanderson.com/euology-d...

Artemas wrote: "The Ten Thousand wasn't released in 2014."

Ah, you are right. I'll fix that. Thanks :)

David wrote: "I have no idea about the contents of Sanderson's novels (as I've only read his first novel), but the author himself advocates against marriage equality. It's a bigoted position and he should be cal..."

I never understand why some authors feel the need to insert political (and sensitive) issues like that into their stories. All it's going to do is turn readers away.

Artemas wrote: "I never understand why some authors feel the need to insert political (and sensitive) issues like that into their stories. All it's going to do is turn readers away."

That statement, in itself, reminds me too much of Stephanie Meyer... Ack.

I will not tolerate bigotry, so I will exclude you and forbid others from voting for your works.

I will not tolerate bigotry on my list.
Thank you! Do you also remove books with misogynic ideas?
It's hard to stay away from those unless someone points it out in their review.

Sparrowlicious wrote: "I will not tolerate bigotry on my list.
Thank you! Do you also remove books with misogynic ideas?
It's hard to stay away from those unless someone points it out in their review."

Yes, I'd not have a novel with a misogynic theme on one of my lists. I support you.

Howironic wrote: ""Authors advocating against marriage equality will not be included. I will not tolerate bigotry on my list."

This has to be one of the funniest comments I've read in a long time... Please tell me..."

Is is quite lost on me. You are clearly not well versed in the politics of hate.

This list is absurd. So writers can't have personal opinions? If a person don't approve X or Y thing you "Banned" them from your list? I bet you consider yourself a free-speech person and such but you don't approve other persons having opinions different from yours?

I think you should banned everyone who writes fiction and in real life is a mormon, or islamic or even christian for that matter. Their religions say that gay people shouldn't be married.




http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/01/your...

Writers personal Opinions are not always put in books. Go check Brandon Sanderson reviews. Go check if he is prejudiced with gay people.




How do you feel about the lack of prominent gay characters within the epic fantasy as a genre and do you ever include (or will ever include) gay or lesbian characters in your own work?

That’s an issue that I feel I should speak about delicately, because it’s one of those charged issues that can create a lot of division. But my basic feeling is that a character should not be any more or less sympathetic, or more or less evil, or anything like that, because of sexual orientation or because of basic beliefs or philosophy on things like religion. So there are gay characters in my books, though so far they have been side characters. I don’t make a big deal of it, because I tend not to make a big deal of the sexuality of side characters in general. For instance, in The Way of Kings, Drehy, a member of Bridge Four, is gay. He’s based on a good friend of mine who is gay. There is a lesbian character in The Allow of Law; again I don’t make a big deal of it though it’s a little more obvious.

Basically, I just try to write characters and try to have different makeups of characters. I feel gay characters should be included, and I’m annoyed that sometimes there seems to be an association between including gay characters and using that as a means of making them seem like a reprehensible character. You may know what I’m talking about; I’ve seen it in books before and it bugs me. Just like it bugs me if an author makes a character religious and the tone of the book implies, “Well, obviously, religious people are all idiots, so I’m not going to make this character actively an idiot, I’m just going to represent them as being religious,” which by the tone of the book indicates that they’re an idiot. That’s not to say that there can’t be social structures like religions that will push people toward doing things that are questionable or morally reprehensible—there can, of course, and it will happen—but I’m talking about the individuals. I don’t know that I have strong feelings on the subject other than that I think people should be represented as people.