You do indeed! My favorite character is Nadia the Russian engineer. She is awesome. &hearts
Also, I saw somebody mention Neal Stephenson in comments. He can be very entertaining, but I find him vastly annoying, too, because what I've read of him really doesn't pass the Bechdel test. Like, one of the few women I remember is one whom the protagonist at first thinks sort of dismissively is probably a lesbian, but then she ends up having sex with him. And there's one woman whose only role is to finally put out to this mathematician guy, which somehow makes him smart enough to crack some code. It's a pity, because I could have really enjoyed Cryptonomicon otherwise--it's full of geekiness of the sort I enjoy. It's just that only the men get to be geeky, and only they get to be POV characters. (It doesn't help that I disagree with Stephenson's political opinions, either.)
Oops. I had no idea I needed to rant about Neal Stephenson, but apparently I did. I've only read one of his books, though, so I can't speak for all of them.
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Also, I saw somebody mention Neal Stephenson in comments. He can be very entertaining, but I find him vastly annoying, too, because what I've read of him really doesn't pass the Bechdel test. Like, one of the few women I remember is one whom the protagonist at first thinks sort of dismissively is probably a lesbian, but then she ends up having sex with him. And there's one woman whose only role is to finally put out to this mathematician guy, which somehow makes him smart enough to crack some code. It's a pity, because I could have really enjoyed Cryptonomicon otherwise--it's full of geekiness of the sort I enjoy. It's just that only the men get to be geeky, and only they get to be POV characters. (It doesn't help that I disagree with Stephenson's political opinions, either.)
Oops. I had no idea I needed to rant about Neal Stephenson, but apparently I did. I've only read one of his books, though, so I can't speak for all of them.