Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using science as my basis for my fiction, but it's the science of prehistory - palaeontology and archaeology - rather than astronomy or physics. Jean M. Auel archaeologyastronomybase share on social
I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are. Jean M. Auel influencewritewriter Change image and share on social
Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive. Jean M. Auel letterpositiveprimarily Change image and share on social
Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write. Jean M. Auel bookchallengewrite Change image and share on social
From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the story that has driven me. Jean M. Auel begindriveidea Change image and share on social
Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy. Jean M. Auel closefantasyfiction Change image and share on social
I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part. Jean M. Auel bookchoosedefinition Change image and share on social
It took some time to gather the research and develop it into the storyline, and to finally finish an origin myth poem that I had been working on for twenty years. Jean M. Auel developfinallyfinish Change image and share on social
I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand it and I'm not at all surprised that readers of the genre might enjoy my books. Jean M. Auel bookenjoyfantasy Change image and share on social
The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for the story. Jean M. Auel continuegiveidea Change image and share on social
