First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It's also about politics.
Sarah ZettelNow, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can have all the glory of the myth of the American westward expansion without any of the guilt.
Sarah ZettelI have a better internal and intuitive understanding of folklore and myth than science and technology, so in that way fantasy is easier.
Sarah ZettelI think people enjoy a series. When you like a story, many readers want more of the same, which is dandy, if the author and the characters have more to say.
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