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This was a brilliant series. Bravo.

The headlines through the years give a massive sense of scale to the whole story that compliments the one-on-one interviews really well.

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Thank you very much! It means a lot--I am very proud of this story and I really enjoyed writing these headlines. There may be stories to tell among them too--for some reason the Bookends, landing a man on both Mercury and Pluto, really stuck out to me. I am really looking forward to developing this world more!

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I look forward to reading it!

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Using headlines as worldbuilding is brilliant! Loved this prequel series!

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Thank you for reading! It's a great way to skip past a big span of time without writing stories to cover it all!

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Awesome epilogue! As a reader, I feel extremely satisfied and wanting more! Thankfully I have the Tylys Worran series to dig into now, since I have not read it yet.

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The connection will be hard to see--this is "deep antiquity" from the POV of Tylus Worran but it's still the same universe. I hope you enjoy!!

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I came to this series without reading the series for which it is a prequel, but was immediately caught up in the story. The framework - the interviews - is very clever, and works well. And the underlying premise - that earthlings are beneath the notice of the planet's first extraterrestrial visitors - is both challenging and thought provoking. Thanks so much for sharing this. I hope it gets a wide readership.

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Thank you so much for reading! I am glad you enjoyed it!

The "postquel" series is set in the far, far future after these events, so there's a lot of history in the middle to bridge. I am thinking about what my next project in this universe will be, but I am very happy to think that there is an interesting nugget in here. Thank you again for your kind words!

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I enjoyed this series start to end. Nicely done!

"President Harrison Annexes The Moon." Does that mean the moon is no longer under the Orlando Catholic Bishop's purview? lol

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I think it means that the moon is now under the administration of the Catholic Diocese of Orlando and also the United States Federal Government LOL! There's a story in that but i haven't quite parsed it out 😂

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