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Comment on Formidable Female Protagonists in Science Fiction Part 16 by ove

ove — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:50:51 +0000

Thanks MRJ, I am going to check her out. I think I have enough for 2-3 more posts now. That is wonderful.

Comment on The Lotus Eaters (Carrera book 3) by Tom Kratman by ove

ove — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:47:09 +0000

Hello Tom,
Thanks for your clarification.I never doubted you did it deliberately.

Comment on Formidable Female Protagonists in Science Fiction Part 16 by MJR

MJR — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:28:31 +0000

Just found this blog, love it! What about Lila Black in Justina Robson’s Quantum Gravity Series.

Comment on The Lotus Eaters (Carrera book 3) by Tom Kratman by Tom Kratman

Tom Kratman — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:24:38 +0000

I should hope it reminds you of some of Heinlein’s thought. Note that I mention RAH, expressly. Who else could that be? Note the title of the fictive book that provides the epigraphs: Historia y Filosofia Moral…as in History and Moral Philosophy…as in Starship Troopers. Note that Jorge Mendez’s PhD thesis, that he and his wife went to see Carrera about, in Carnifex, was based on Carrera’s (poor) translation of RAH’s Starship Troopers.

Man, I just hate it when people think I do things inadvertently that I so plainly did deliberately.

Comment on Formidable Female Protagonists in Science Fiction Part 16 by ove

ove — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:20:08 +0000

Wow, thanks for all the comments,

Theresa: Thanks I’ll look into her

MM:Thanks, YA is ok, but i am doing another series on female protagonists on scifi TV so I excluded them. I’ll check out Animorphs but I suspect thats fantasy?

John: Thanks I’ll check out Jo

Laura: Thanks I’ll check out the Mars series, got them here on a shelf.

Tamrhyn: Thanks, some are on the list you know, I’ll check out the others.

Barbara: Thanks, I’ll check her out.

Linda: Thanks but Festina is already on the list in but there is a mistake with the linking, i am going to fix now. Lucky I discovered it.

Comment on Formidable Female Protagonists in Science Fiction Part 16 by Linda Carson

Linda Carson — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:54:27 +0000

Festina Ramos from James Alan Gardner’s League of Peoples books, especially _Expendable_.

Comment on Formidable Female Protagonists in Science Fiction Part 16 by Barbara Z.

Barbara Z. — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:54:15 +0000

She-Lord Green Tamryn from Dara Joy’s Ritual of Proof

Comment on Formidable Female Protagonists in Science Fiction Part 16 by Tamrhynn

Tamrhynn — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:02:17 +0000

Here are a few from my bookshelves:

Lessa – Dragon Riders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey;
Rowan – The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein;
Rissa – Risa and Tregare (The Rissa Kerguelen Saga) by FM Busby;
Dion – Wolfwalker by Tara K Harper;
Friday – Friday by Robert Heinlein;
Pricilla Delacroiz y Mendoza – Conflict of Honors by Steve Miller and Sharon Lee;
Kris Longknife – Mutineer etc… by Mike Shepherd

Will you be making a list of all the fine strong female characters in Fantasy as well?

Comment on Formidable Female Protagonists in Science Fiction Part 16 by Laurel Lyon

Laurel Lyon — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:01:41 +0000

Maya and Nadia in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy.

Comment on Formidable Female Protagonists in Science Fiction Part 16 by John Williford

John Williford — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:43:03 +0000

What about Jo Clayton’s Skeen (from “Skeen’s Leap”, “Skeen’s Return”, and “Skeen’s Search”)?

Comment on Formidable Female Protagonists in Science Fiction Part 16 by MM

MM — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:18:10 +0000

PS And Rachel Berenson from Animorphs.

I’d love to add characters like Buffy and Faith, but I know sci-fi and fantasy aren’t the same.

Comment on Formidable Female Protagonists in Science Fiction Part 16 by MM

MM — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:15:52 +0000

I don’t know if you do YA as well as adult, but I’d consider Katniss from Hunger Games in there.