I’ve already laid out the premise of my upcoming e-book series, EARTHS IN SPACE.Again, there are no aliens, but the universe is full of people. Other Earths are out there. Unique individuals populate each one, and they make unique decisions, leading to unique civilizations.
A team of explorers seeks to travel to as many Earths as possible, and adventurous science fiction fun ensues. (Much more fiction than science, I admit. I seem to have left my Ph.D. in a previous life.)
Okay, so underneath all that, what’s it really about?
It reflects the learning process to some extent.
For example, as you grew from a small child to an older child, you probably realized that Big Bird is actually a guy in a costume. (Sorry if I’ve ruined anything for you.)
So you figure out that there are no kindly giant yellow birds who sing about their ABCs, but at the same time, this whole new intricate world of Muppet puppetry opens up. One bit of magic goes away, and new possibilities emerge.
In my fictional universe, you’ll find no Martians exist, but you don’t need Martians when you’ve got countless worlds worth of humanity to explore. Accept that there are no little green men and realize that fascinating people are more numerous than you ever suspected.
There’s nothing more liberating than education, whether you’re learning about yourself or the world around you. Generally, knowing more is always preferable. Not everything you find will be wonderful, however, but it’s the key to figuring out how to make things better.
How do you learn? You explore. See what is and what isn’t.
And my characters get to have crazy sci-fi fun as they do it.
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