An Alien Mindset

When I first started writing science fiction, my workshop buddies and I talked a lot about aliens and whether it was possible to write from a truly convincing alien mindset. In the years since then I’ve come to the realization that I don’t have to write from the viewpoint of dolphins or martians or vampires in order to create someone who doesn’t think like me.I just have to write someone from a time other than now.

What was the world like when you were a kid? I grew up in the tail end of the 5...