b’s Reviews > Wizardry and Wild Romance > Status Update

“It is probably no coincidence that the majority of writers best known as fantasists are introverted, reclusive, misanthropic, or that a strong vein of misogynism has built itself into the conventions of the genre over the years...the women are unbelievably beautiful goddesses, treacherous jades or silly slave-girls. Much fantasy is...bachelor-fiction...written and read by that section of the community” (53).