From the time I was a small child I have always loved adventure stories. Brave little Laura Ingalls Wilder homesteading in the wildnerness, Dorothy adventuring in Oz and Ev, doomed Morgaine of Arthurian legend, courageous dragon riders of Pern, curious Borrower Arrietty, and Elizabeth Moon's heroic warrior Paksenarrion, I devoured the stories. StarTrek Voyager's Captain Janeway and Stargate's Samantha Carter, I love them. These women were brave and heroic, intelligent and powerful. Girls and women who gave me dreams and hope.  I loved travelling the world and universe with them.  
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