[HPFGU-OTChatter] SPOILER: Ender's Game

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

Sherry:
> I've never read Enders Game.  I began it, but it didn't grab me, so I 
> can't
> speak about this book.  But I can recommend an author, who has female
> characters who are as important and strong and able as the men.  
> Usually the
> men are the main characters, but there are women who are major parts 
> of the
> stories and add a great deal to the action and the resolution of 
> events.
> they are not in any way seen as inferior, and they are male authors.  
> i just
> realized I could give you two authors.
>
> Guy Gavriel Kay
> My favorite of his is called Tigana.  One of the main characters is a 
> woman,
> and she is not portrayed in any way as weaker tan the men.
>
> George R. R. Martin
> His song of Ice and Fire series is loaded with strong women and girls 
> as
> much as with strong men.  Whether the characters is good or bad they 
> are all
> incredibly drawn and very strong, mentally and physically.  I think 
> you'd
> like them.

Thanks for the suggestions!  I'll definitely look them up -- I plan to 
do a lot of reading this summer, as I'm staying in Pennsylvania until 
late July.  For the first time in my life, I not only have the spare 
time to devote to hours of reading, but also ample *access* to 
libraries and bookstores.  ^_^

I'm not surprised that the authors you came up with were male.  If 
anything, I find that, by and large, the female writers stick even 
closer to the gender-biased conventions of the genre than the men.  It 
seems backwards, but there it is.  Perhaps they're compensating.  ^_~

Laura