1. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (I live for this book) 2. All Creatures Great and Small by James Harriet (my mother read this to me as a kid, and it definitely shaped me) 3. Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith (first female-driven fantasy I ever read- before that it was all Tolkien and Redwall- very formative) 4. Fitzpatrick's War by Theodore Judson (military sci-fi/fantasy written like a memoir, all about how history is written by the victors, super thought-provoking) 5. Does The Collected Works of William Shakespeare count? (I act in Shakespeare plays a lot and I adore them)
If they don't count, then The Book of John Mandeville (a medieval 'tour guide' book written by a guy who clearly did more drugs than traveling, and which his contemporaries used as an honest-to-god source for what was out in the world even though he was just making shit up, I wrote my thesis on it)
Favorite women characters:
1. Kathryn Janeway, Star Trek Voyager (she was my hero growing up and she still is) 2. Claire Bennet, Heroes (fight me) 3. Martha Jones, Doctor Who (one of the only companions who didn't need powers from outside herself to save the world; I love Donna and everything, but Martha is my girl and she doesn't get enough love) 4. Vala Mal Doran, Stargate SG-1 (she's so funny and crazy and yet complex) 5. Milady de Winter, The Musketeers (they took this ridiculous characature of a femme fatale from the book and made her into such a layered and amazing antagonist, I love her so much)
I wish I could add Jenny Mills and Melinda May, but since I'm upset with both shows at the moment they're bumped to lower numbers.
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1. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (I live for this book)
2. All Creatures Great and Small by James Harriet (my mother read this to me as a kid, and it definitely shaped me)
3. Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith (first female-driven fantasy I ever read- before that it was all Tolkien and Redwall- very formative)
4. Fitzpatrick's War by Theodore Judson (military sci-fi/fantasy written like a memoir, all about how history is written by the victors, super thought-provoking)
5. Does The Collected Works of William Shakespeare count? (I act in Shakespeare plays a lot and I adore them)
If they don't count, then The Book of John Mandeville (a medieval 'tour guide' book written by a guy who clearly did more drugs than traveling, and which his contemporaries used as an honest-to-god source for what was out in the world even though he was just making shit up, I wrote my thesis on it)
Favorite women characters:
1. Kathryn Janeway, Star Trek Voyager (she was my hero growing up and she still is)
2. Claire Bennet, Heroes (fight me)
3. Martha Jones, Doctor Who (one of the only companions who didn't need powers from outside herself to save the world; I love Donna and everything, but Martha is my girl and she doesn't get enough love)
4. Vala Mal Doran, Stargate SG-1 (she's so funny and crazy and yet complex)
5. Milady de Winter, The Musketeers (they took this ridiculous characature of a femme fatale from the book and made her into such a layered and amazing antagonist, I love her so much)
I wish I could add Jenny Mills and Melinda May, but since I'm upset with both shows at the moment they're bumped to lower numbers.