What about the little green men?

Sunday, February 18th, 2007 • 11 Comments

So here’s a situation I’ve been pondering for a while…

Say you’re writing a futuristic series set on…kind of an outpost of Earth, I guess. There’s interplanetary travel but the setting is primarily the one outpost. Do you prefer:

A) An all human cast (as in Firefly)

B) A variety of aliens with human central characters (as in Star Wars)

All opinions welcome and greatly appreciated.

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11 comments to “What about the little green men?”

Anne
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· February 18th, 2007 at 11:28 pm · Link

:popcorn: I choose B. I’d like to see a variety of aliens and humans in a mixed setting, though each could have their own clubs, etc., where only their species is allowed. :blah:
May
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· February 19th, 2007 at 4:07 am · Link

B.

I like Aliens.

It could be Shannon Stacey does Alien Love! :nod:
Patrice Michelle
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· February 19th, 2007 at 4:24 am · Link

I like B, Shannon. :nod:
Wax
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· February 19th, 2007 at 6:07 am · Link

Definitely B for series potential.

My only concern would be space/pacing for the world build. (Please don’t hit me for bringing that up)

:hide:
Charlene
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· February 19th, 2007 at 9:24 am · Link

Aliens!:nod: Although I love Firefly. :heart:
Jaci Burton
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· February 19th, 2007 at 9:26 am · Link

Mostly human, but sprinkle in aliens as secondaries or peripheral characters. Would that be option C? :neener:
Melani Blazer
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· February 19th, 2007 at 10:21 am · Link

dice it up—give us good aliens, bad aliens and ugly aliens. Oh, and the same for humans, too :beam:
Heather Rae Scott
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· February 19th, 2007 at 12:53 pm · Link

I like B as well.

Let’s face it, darling, if you write it, we will read. It all depends on how crazy you want to make yourself.

Rae
Angie
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· February 19th, 2007 at 5:19 pm · Link

D. (since Jaci had C): I don’t care, I just want the book (I mean, a futuristic from Shannon Stacey? :woot:)
Shannon
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· February 19th, 2007 at 9:43 pm · Link

So…aliens, then.

:beam:

Y’all just want me to work harder, don’t you. :crazy:
Charlene
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· February 20th, 2007 at 2:30 pm · Link

Hey, if I can do aliens, you can do aliens.