Goodreads asked Andreas Karpf:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Andreas Karpf As a physicist, I spend my time working within the limits of current science and technology. However, I do love to dream of where we, the human race, may be a few decades down the road: How will we finally be able to travel to the next star system? What will we find when we get there? I know that based on our knowledge of the age of the universe, any technological races that may be "out there" could be countless centuries ahead of us. Would the laws and logic governing their civilization even be comprehendible to us? "Prelude to Extinction" follows the crew of Earth’s first interstellar ship as they are unexpectedly forced to confront an advanced race, and explores whether any of our own traits and experiences are even relevant in their struggle to survive.

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