[HPforGrownups] Re: Gender balance/strong women

[Karen Lawrence]

No: HPFGUIDX 14823


Re: Harry being as succesful if he were female:
 
I'd like to think he would -- oddly, one of the first books I read that had a strong female lead character was "Do you want to be a Wizard" by Diane Duane. --  With a female lead. Not boring, not 'goody-goody' -- not a girlie-girl.
 
Most of my fantasy/sci-fi reading friends have read this one, and its 2 (3?) sequals, so it seems fairly popular.
I think, that given Rowling's talent for writing characters, she could have made a female "Harry" into an equally interesting strong protaganist.
Frito
--
I'm not one to believe in magic
Though my memory has a second-sight
I'm not one to go pointing my finger
When I radiate more heat than light
-- Rush (Presto)



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