Where to begin? For quite some time, I have wanted to embark upon the tasking project of examining female characters across the science fiction and fantasy realms, to see what these genres have given us and how they have changed their portrayal of women over the years. But where on earth (or Middle-earth, or in the air, or the farthest reaches of space) was the right place to start? Suddenly, out of nowhere, a little voice sounded in my ear. I could distinctly hear the words—
“Hailing frequencies open, sir.”
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