How few!

So true. Certainly there's more SF books to add with awesome main female characters!

Isnt the Meljean Brooks book more of a steampunk?

Dragondrums has a male protagonist, BTW (Piemur).

Nice list.

Love the Tamora Pierce but that is fantasy isn't?

No Sarah Zettel, or did I miss one? Fool's War is a classic!

By what stretch of the imagination is the Mists of Avalon a science fiction book?

Marne wrote: "By what stretch of the imagination is the Mists of Avalon a science fiction book?"

Good question, Marne. I think that book warrants removal.

I deleted a score of books which are fantasy:
- Birthgrave by Tanith Lee (happens to be my favorite book ever... still not scifi, although you could argue that point, it's classical pulp sword & sorcery)
- Tamora Pierce books
- Golden Compass books by Pullman
- Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly
- Godstalk by P.C. Hodgell (great book)

I cleaned out some fantasy books
- Tamora Pierce books (someone post have added them back in after Anastasia deleted them)
- Golden Compass books by Pullman (ditto)
- The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

I also have to say the Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin is also a fantasy novel. Mrs. Le Guin did write a number of Sci Fi books though.

Monique wrote: "How few!"

I thought of five books to add to the list.

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