Modernizing the Wheel of Time

[Vahnavoi]

I wonder how it would have been received if they had made some of the dwarves female.

I was just about to write a post about the same topic.

To wit, if it'd been done well, I think it would've surprised and confused some people who read the book on first viewing, with everyone else not really seeing anything off with the change, or even realising there was a change.

EDIT: for comparisons, see She's a man in Japan.