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Strong Female Characters (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by anonymous111@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world

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Can anyone recommend some SciFi books with well written female characters?

I've recently read Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie and am looking for well constructed, non male, well thought out characters.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancillary_Justice

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I liked the Academy/Priscilla Hutchins series by Jack McDevitt. Character drama isn't necessarily a big part of it, partly because most people act like real humans (for sci-fi) and it's more about the space exploration angle and, on the series level, about how that changes over time.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Damn, took mine. Although thanks for saving me a google, since I have a terrible memory. Not a female, but very similar stories are his Alex Benedict series.