1. notleia says:

    But how much did Uncle Kurt Vonnegut inspire you? Time-traveling aliens is one of his tropes, and in a lot of ways this story sounds kinda similar to The Sirens of Titan (tho I don’t think yours is nearly as dark-humor and depressing).

    And how do you split the difference between free will and determinism, out of curiosity?

    • Hi! Sorry, I’ve never read anything by Vonnegut. =( But that’s not to say the concepts in Valiant are cutting edge and new. I was trying to bring the feel of classic SciFi to new teen readers and one book that inspired me was War of the Worlds and one movie was The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. But Edge of Tomorrow has a similar theme too. Since I’m not a theologian, I cannot say how to split free will and determinism, only that I believe both are true. Thanks for the comment!

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