Are you having trouble finding books of that type?
I am only half-way through Ken Liu's _The Grace Of Kings_ but so far it has only one woman character, and her skill is herbalism; she hasn't laid a finger on a sword. Also she mostly stays home. You might like it.
I just finished Cixin Liu's _Three Body Problem_ and while it does have some woman Red Guards, they don't fight (one gets killed while waving a flag, as I recall). There is only one major character who is a woman and she is a scientist, but her contributions to the plot have very little to do with science. You might like that one.
Have you read Andy Weir's _The Martian_ yet? The vast bulk of it follows the efforts of one man; women scientists and astronauts exist, but take up very little of the story. You might like that one.
I'm only about half-way through Brandon Sanderson's _The Way Of Kings_ but so far women don't fight, and there are plenty of examples of men striving with each other, and with monsters, in manly combat.
I think the Temeraire books wouldn't work for you; a pity, as they are some of my favorites, and offer plenty of fighting. Likewise John Ringo and David Weber, while writing lots of books with fighting, have women involved rather a lot. (Though this is not sword-fighting, as their work is space opera--does that help? If so, allow me to recommend those authors.)
I think the current publishing scene is not as short of books-without-women-fighting-that-also-don't-have-racial-issues as you seem to think.
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Date: 2015-05-14 11:54 am (UTC)I am only half-way through Ken Liu's _The Grace Of Kings_ but so far it has only one woman character, and her skill is herbalism; she hasn't laid a finger on a sword. Also she mostly stays home. You might like it.
I just finished Cixin Liu's _Three Body Problem_ and while it does have some woman Red Guards, they don't fight (one gets killed while waving a flag, as I recall). There is only one major character who is a woman and she is a scientist, but her contributions to the plot have very little to do with science. You might like that one.
Have you read Andy Weir's _The Martian_ yet? The vast bulk of it follows the efforts of one man; women scientists and astronauts exist, but take up very little of the story. You might like that one.
I'm only about half-way through Brandon Sanderson's _The Way Of Kings_ but so far women don't fight, and there are plenty of examples of men striving with each other, and with monsters, in manly combat.
I think the Temeraire books wouldn't work for you; a pity, as they are some of my favorites, and offer plenty of fighting. Likewise John Ringo and David Weber, while writing lots of books with fighting, have women involved rather a lot. (Though this is not sword-fighting, as their work is space opera--does that help? If so, allow me to recommend those authors.)
I think the current publishing scene is not as short of books-without-women-fighting-that-also-don't-have-racial-issues as you seem to think.