(urth) Wolfe: Misogynist Or Realist?

[b sharp]

Dave Lebling writes regarding the female soldier:

>I would assume he's thinking of Foila, who is indeed a sympathetic and 
>likable character, a soldier >recovering from wounds(?) in the Pelerines' 
>hospice. (She's the prize in the story-telling contest, >but turns the 
>tables on the contestants by entering and winning.) This is in _Citadel of 
>the
>Autarch_.

Oooh how could I not think of Foila.  Yes, she is likable enough to dispel 
accusations Wolfe can't develop an admirable female character...But then 
again, we last see her critically wounded, probably dying,....hm....

-bsharp
(p.s. forgot Vulcan neck pinch in my list of 60's pop references in my last 
post)

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