No Particular Alien In Mind

Got some feedback (gisp!) on my first sci fi exercise. A reader (gisp again!) wanted to know if I had decided beforehand what the alien would look like. In short I have to say no!

I have to admit that I didn't really think this thoroughly through. I don't know that much about biology and nothing about astrobiology. Although astrobiology is a fascinating subject (yes, I'm quoting Spock) it's just one of so many things I want to learn more about.

There are just over 7 weeks until my birthday and since I'm getting myself a telescope for my birthday present, I will be busy learning the best ways to study our solar system. Still, I will eventually have to study astrobiology, at least to some short extent, to get just a little bit more "science" into my sci fi stories ;-)