Spider robinson: Calahan's Lady, and Lady slings the booze. Almost any of the relationships that Lady Calahan has have that sort of strength, and mentorish strength, though, I will admit, none of them are well explored.
John Varley's 3 book series - "Titan" "Wizard" and "Demon" focus around quite feminine female characters, and the first two books hold a level of epic connection to match Sam and Frodo.
Spider Robinson - Night of power. Wife and step-daughter relationship, quite strong.
Spider Robinson - Stardancer series, Last book, either starmind, or Starseed, the relationship betweem the main character, and her Australian Aborigine Room mate. . . .
Can't pull any more than that off the top of my head, right now.
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John Varley's 3 book series - "Titan" "Wizard" and "Demon" focus around quite feminine female characters, and the first two books hold a level of epic connection to match Sam and Frodo.
Spider Robinson - Night of power. Wife and step-daughter relationship, quite strong.
Spider Robinson - Stardancer series, Last book, either starmind, or Starseed, the relationship betweem the main character, and her Australian Aborigine Room mate. . . .
Can't pull any more than that off the top of my head, right now.