The talk about women reading SF/F raised a question I would pose to the list: Which writers or female characters are ones in which you feel portray accurate examples of women? I've seen people state that so-and-so doesn't portray women well, or that male writers cannot portray women accurately (not all, of course), but I'd like to know who does. Any thoughts? Chris (Who enjoys women protagonists, because they always seem to get left by the wayside.) "Life is the nightmare that leaves its mark upon you in order to prove that it is, in fact, real." -Thomas Ligotti- 'The Sect of the Idiot'