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- I was born in Ireland and grew up in Toronto, Canada with my seven sisters and two brothers. Left home at seventeen to live in a commune, then headed off across Canada with my pal, Carole, and we hitch-hiked around California for months, then back up to Vancouver(Van as we called it then) and across Canada with two more pals, Linda and Peggy. A year later, headed off to Malaysia and Borneo with Jeunesse Canada Monde/Canada World Youth for a year. Baik-lah! Back home, went to Trinity College at the University of Toronto (posh blokes) while also joining the Canadian Naval Reserve as an Officer Cadet. Trained on the east and west coasts of Canada every summer. Great fun. Then what? Hmm. Started to write books, dodgy personal life (that's personal but let's just say it's been a long time between drinks) started to wander around the world, had a darling daughter, settled down in Ireland, wrote more books.
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Ha! I totally agree with you. I grew up with Janeway (and the entire cast of Voyager) and I think that she is the best Starfleet Captain too. ^_^
I don't think we can underestimate the affect a woman Captain of a star ship - strong, comfortable with her power, and good fun - had on countless young girls. The same goes for Captain Sisko and his affect on black kids. For all its faults (some very poor writing at times, especially in the film versions - ugh!) Star Trek truly was a visionary show. I hope they come up with another series. I'm still waiting for Star Trek: The Academy. A perfect teen series, eh?
Kathryn is the best captain EVER! When I met Kate a few years ago I became a total wreck and just cried while telling her that I loved her, haha!
Lucky you! Yes, I think Kate Mulgrew put a lot of her personality into Kathryn Janeway.
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