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From: Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Over the Hill: Five Not-So-Youthful SFF Protagonists
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 20:17:10 -0400
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On 7/18/24 10:25 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
> Over the Hill: Five Not-So-Youthful SFF Protagonists
> 
> Protagonists in their late twenties or even older are still alive
> in many senses of the word, and can still have adventures, of a sort.
> 
> Brought to you by a conversation I overheard between teens.
> 
> https://reactormag.com/over-the-hill-five-not-so-youthful-sff-protagonists/


Memory is excellent[1], but I have not read the rest.

As to a few other candidates:
- Kez Maefele (aka Turtle) in Cook's The Dragon Never Sleeps
- Master Li in Hughart's 3 books featuring Master Li and Number Ten Ox
- and the one I'm now forgetting because it has been over 27 seconds 
since I started typing

Tony
[1] I believe Memory was the one described (by Lois I think) as "Miles 
hits thirty. Thirty hits back."[2]
[2] Ah - I see that someone sort of mentions this in the comments.