[HPFGU-OTChatter] SPOILER: Ender's Game

[Sherry Gomes]

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

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If you would care to read some other juvenile fantasy, Tamora Pierce writes
wonderful girls!  I particularly love The Lioness quartet series, starting
with Alanna.  This is a series about a girl in a fantasy kingdom who wants
to become a knight.  She is supposed to go into a convent and learn magic,
because that's what girls do.  Her brother is supposed to become the knight.
But he wants sorcery and she wants knight hood.  They do a switch, and for
several years, she disguises herself as a boy, goes through education to
become a squire and then a knight.  eventually, everyone knows she is a
girl, but she still becomes a knight and has many glorious adventures as a
knight.  It's a fun set of books.  

I do agree with you statement though.  I've often found women authors stick
more closely to old biases about women than many male authors.  i hope you
enjoy Kay and Martin.  they are wonderful fantasies, with characters you end
up caring about.  Tigana haunted me for a long time, and it is in my top ten
favorite books of all time.

Sherry




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