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I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting.

~Elizabeth Moon

Topics: Astronomy Biomedical Fantasy Love Much Really Science Setting Those You I Love

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In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a character's and let his perceptions take over.

~Elizabeth Moon

Topics: Character Could Ego His Novel Over Perceptions Submerge Take

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It's hard to hold the focus that strongly on a single character for that long.

~Elizabeth Moon

Topics: Character Focus Hard Hold Long Single Strongly

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There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.

~Elizabeth Moon

Topics: Being Books Character Fantasy Few Fiction Main Main Character Old Person Relatively Science Science Fiction

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Other people, including me, have written books with main characters who were old and rich. Or old and brilliant. Old sages, old wizards, old rich people.

~Elizabeth Moon

Topics: Books Brilliant Characters Including Main Me Old Other People Rich Rich People Were Who Wizards Written

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Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.

~Elizabeth Moon

Topics: Been Convinced Engineer Had Having Me More Mother Open Should Things Who Women

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Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.

~Elizabeth Moon

Topics: Enough Feminist Her Interestingly Mind Mother Now Own

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When I was quite young, she was working in a hardware store, so I grew up knowing about hardware.

~Elizabeth Moon

Topics: About Grew Hardware Knowing Quite She Store Up Working Young

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I had, of course, no model for that sort of woman being married, but I can make that up as I go along.

~Elizabeth Moon

Topics: Along Being Course Go Had Make Married Model Sort Up Woman I Can

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One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.

~Elizabeth Moon

Topics: Biology Degree Degrees Science

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: March 7th, 1945

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