When I was young (in the 60's) I read lots of SF, mostly ignoring the lack of women or identifying, however incompletely, with the male heroes. I loved some of the authors who had good women characters as well. Over the years I have read less and less SF and instead read many more mysteries. It seems like many authors have developed fully realized females - young, old, sexual, not sexual, funny, sexy, fat. I'd love to combine the imagination of SF with the far more interesting female sleuths.