Robin Reid wrote:
(snip)
> Other writers whose works I own
> and tend to reread for this very reason: (snip) Diane Duane
> (especially in her own work,but even manages to create a sense of it in her
> tie-in novels which I buy because I'm a completist but find better than
> average). (snip)
Most of my books are packed for an impending move. :(
I agree about the authors you mentioned which I've read.
I found Diane Duane because of the Star Trek novels she
wrote that I liked. I like her inclusive definition of
"person."
_The Wounded Sky_ had a very strong, brilliant and likable
female character, the arachnoid Hamalki physicist, Ktlk.
In "My Enemy, My Ally," there is the Romulan Commander, Ael,
who is a middle aged warrior who held honor higher than
social acceptance.
Another that comes to mind is the Federation undercover
agent on Romulus, Terise, in _The Romulan Way_. A young
woman with great courage.
In several of her non-trek books, _The Door into Fire_,
_The Door into Shadow_ and another, Duane includes a
woman named Berend, failed rod mistress (sorcerer) who is
a storyteller, and a mercenary (until she finds a cause
in which she believes).
Berend is a marvelous human. She is an excellent warrior,
intelligent, whose psyche was injured by a vicious rape
by an "uncle" when she was very young. Still, she is
psychologically strong enough to withstand the invasion
by hundreds of dragon-minds into hers. Tough, warm
lady.
My all-time favorite strong female character is K'Ehleyr,
the Klingon empire's ambassador to the Federation (also
known as Worf's girlfriend in ST: tNG.)
She was a combination of warmth, strength, passion and
intellect. I was not happy when they killed her off.
Lindy
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