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Old 12-05-2017, 07:20 AM   #55
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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington View Post
I don't have a preference, but I think there is a trend to "kick ass" female leading characters in 'space Opera' SF right now. But I really dislike where the character is just a guy in drag and with a feminine name.

I want to see the character trying to reconcile her 'kick ass' heroics with the day to day realities of being a woman and responding in a womanly way. The character doesn't have to be a traditional female, but the universe the author creates has to allow room for her to logically exist as a woman. I give points if the author tries, plus extra points for being believable.
I hadn't really thought about it, but most of the time the lead character in the books I read is male. But right now I'm reading "Daughters of the Night Sky" an historical fiction novel about female Russian pilots in WW2. I'm not far into it yet but so far I'm really enjoying it. What you say about trying to balance heroics with the realities of being a woman is done well in this book, at least as far as I've read so far. It's a Kindle First book [forgot what they call it now] this month.

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