Do Better: SFF without Sexual Violence discussion

What is the Pending List?


These are books that are recommended by a member for our bookshelf-database, but there is insufficient information available for moderators to perform their validation step. They have either:

1) Outlier Reviews - A very low number of GR reviews contradict a much higher number of reviews in regards to content

2) Insufficient Reviews: Books with less than 75 written reviews on GR

How are books removed from pending?
Active members are invited to read, validate content and cast the deciding vote on whether the book should either be added to the group's bookshelf-database or excluded due to content that does not meet our group guidelines.

CURRENT PENDING LIST:


Content Questions:
♦ 2020 - Winter Tide - 1 of 600 reviews lists a (view spoiler)[ mention of rape (hide spoiler)]
♦ 2020 - The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps - 1 out of 700 list (view spoiler)[oblique references to past rape (hide spoiler)]
♦ 2020 - Prosper's Demon - 1 of 417 reviews lists a (view spoiler)[ mention of rape (hide spoiler)]
♦ May 2021 - The Thief - 1 of 8200 reviews lists (view spoiler)[ domestic violence, which we exclude on the grounds of dubious consent (hide spoiler)]
♦ May 2021 - Beggars in Spain - 3 out of 679 reviews raise concerns of (view spoiler)[ consent. Underage girl marrying a 70 year old and and a "culture of rape"/incest (hide spoiler)]
♦ July 2021 - The Seventh Perfection - 1 out of 168 review lists a (view spoiler)[mention of rape. (hide spoiler)]



Insufficient Reviews to Validate:
♦ 2020 - Clover - short story linked to novel
♦ 2020 - The Fermi Paradox is Our Business Model - short story
♦ Jan 2021 - Boneset & Feathers - novella
♦ Feb 2021 - Stone and Steel - novella
♦ Feb 2021 - Of Books, and Earth, and Courtship - series short story
♦ Feb 2021 - In Morningstar's Shadow: Dominion of the Fallen Stories - series short story
♦ Mar 2021 - A Bug Collection - short story collection
♦ Mar 2021 - Animal Wife - short story collection
♦ Apr 2021 - Consolation Songs: Optimistic Speculative Fiction For A Time of Pandemic - short story collection
♦ Apr 2021 - The Labyrinth's Archivist - Novella
♦ May 2021 - Queens of the Wyrd - Novel
♦ May 2021 - Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight - Novel in a series universe
♦ May 2021 - Reina de hielo y sombras - Novelette
♦ May 2021 - Tk'Tk'Tk - short story
♦ May 2021 - Tea and Sympathetic Magic - Novelette
♦ June 2021 - The Left Hand of Dog
♦ July 2021 - Werecockroach - novelette
♦ July 2021 - In the Company of Men - novella
♦ July 2021 - Sinew and Steel and What They Told - short story
♦ July 2021 - An Easy Job - short story
♦ Aug 2021 - My Country Is A Ghost - short story

These are the Pending books that members have volunteered to read, validate content and cast the deciding vote


MOVED From Pending - ADDED to Bookshelf-Database
♦ Nov 2020 - This Is How You Lose the Time War - 1 out of 7000 reviews (view spoiler)[list a mention rape (hide spoiler)] - 📖 Beige read book, could not find any SV or mentions
♦ Jan 2021 - Assassin's Apprentice - 3 out of 10000 reviews list (view spoiler)[domestic violence (hide spoiler)] - 📖 Eva read book, confirmed CW is (view spoiler)[physical child abuse, not SV (hide spoiler)]
♦ June 2021 - The Stone Wētā - insufficient reviews - 📖 Beige read book and while a question of SV is very briefly mentioned in a murder investigation, it is quickly proven not to have occurred.


MOVED From Pending to EXCLUDED
♦ July 2021 - The Steerswoman - 1 of 293 reviews lists a (view spoiler)[ brief threat of rape and 1 out of 293 reviews specifically says there is no threat. Beige read book and confirmed their is a very brief and subtle threat of rape (hide spoiler)]