-Your Aliens stories were the first to originate now familiar themes like ecstatic alien cultists, and the idea of a cloying subconscious influence that the presence of Aliens naturally elicit in humans. Can you tell us how the inspiration to introduce those elements first came about?
-Your comics for Aliens and Predator have had such a massive influence on so many stories that have subsequently come along and really fleshed out the universes, have you read any of these other stories, and if so, which ones have stood out to you the most?
-Did you have any input into further adaptations of your work, like the Perry novels, or what eventually became the script for Predator 2, or were those developments pretty far removed from you?
-1991 saw the publication of John Arcudi's story "The Alien", as a followup to your trilogy with regards to the Space Jockey thread left dangling, do you recall having a different resolution or progression to this story in mind? If so, can you tell us about it?
-With the 2019 adaptations of William Gibson's Alien 3 into a comic and an audio production by Dirk Maggs, the beloved characters of Newt and Hicks found a new lease on life in the franchise set in a slightly alternate universe, one potentially fitting right in with the universe portrayed in your stories. Have you ever been approached to have your stories likewise adapted to audio, or if not, would you be interested in hearing fully dramatized adaptations of them?
...and some final ultimate nerd questions...
-How long had Doctor Orona been working on the Alien project with the military and where do you imagine he got most of his info regarding the species?
-What's the real story behind the Junket? Did you ever formulate any clear ideas about how the ship originally found the "homeworld" from book one, what exactly went down when they did find it, and whether someone sent them out to that world on purpose or if it was purely accidental?
Thanks again! You rock!
