Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post

Oh, and I'm looking forward to the day when we don't have to use the phrase "strong women" to mean normal female protagonists. (No offense to you, Thorn).
No kidding! [and no offense taken]

My other half has always been into SciFi. Early back in the dating period, I read what he considered some of his "favorites". Some were great; others not so much. At one point I hadn't a set back and asked him to find me a female character that wasn't weak or a soul destroyer. As a male reader he never thought about it (he does now, tho ; as a woman reader, it irks me.