Tag needed

[msmemory_archive]

I am finally going to get back to cataloging my library using LibraryThing. But I need a good tag for the concept of women in sf -- pilots, space marines, etc. "Women protagonists in military sf" is way way too long. "Feminist sf" isn't what I mean. I need a tag to lump together Kris Longknife and many of the works of Elizabeth Moon and some of the Skolian books and suchlike.

Suggestions, dear readers?

Comments

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

Starbucks.

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

Or Ivanovas.

[dagonell.livejournal.com]

GI Janes

[new-man.livejournal.com]

SciFemme

[oakleaf-mirror.livejournal.com]

While it's not true in all cases, I tend to lump a bunch of those into the SFR (from Science Fiction/Romance) category. Yeah, they're not all romances, but a lot of them seem more likely to turn on points of character development or interaction, rather than some new wiz-bang toy. It's an imperfect grouping, though, not all woman protagonists in SF are in romance or character rich milieus, and there are some where the men are the primary drivers. I'd welcome a better term, too, I guess. :)

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

F:FTL ie, Females Faster Than Light

[lucianus.livejournal.com]

What kind of subject terms are used in the 650 field of their LC records? Maybe there is something you could use?

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Copied from the records of several of the titles I am trying to group:

650 _0 |a Science fiction, American.
650 _0 |a Serrano, Heris (Fictitious character) |v Fiction.
650 _0 |a Women in astronautics |v Fiction.
650 _0 |a Life on other planets |v Fiction.
650 _0 |a Interstellar travel |v Fiction.
650 _0 |a Women travelers |v Fiction.
650 _0 |a Space ships |v Fiction.
650 _0 |a Space warfare |v Fiction.
650 _0 |a Young women |v Fiction.

[siderea]

Chicks with Phasers

[eclecticmagpie.livejournal.com]

Does it need to be obvious to all, or just handy for you? How about:

Heroine Protagonist (with a nod to Neal Stephenson)
Protagonista
SF Grrrlz
sff

I also like new_man's suggestion.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Have bra will travel? Sci-fem? She-fi?

Hmm. No useful suggestions, really.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Don't need no bras in micro-G!

[peregrinning.livejournal.com]

So, when dealing with male and female forms of words (not that I recommend this most of the time), a "female protagonist" is often called a "heroine."

Therefore:
Science Fiction -- Heroines
This would be somewhat befuddled by any anti-heroines, or any other female protagonist who isn't properly described as a "heroine."

To imply "military," which you mentioned in passing:
Science Fiction -- Military Heroines
or
Science Fiction -- Heroines -- Military

I'm still at the point that I catalog my science fiction and fantasy by author (Asimov, Pratchett, Lackey, and McKinley each get nearly a shelf or more) and by "the rest of it is on that shelf there." The fact that I have science fiction and fantasy on the same shelf also says something about my collection (sigh).

p.s. Yes, I was once a cataloger. No, I'm not opening up Big Red to give you suggestions, and none of my suggestions would probably pass muster on WorldCat. Cataloging terms are for use. Every term its users, and every user their terms. A catalog is a growing organism. :-)