I’ve had the basic outline for what is becomming 82 Eridani for about 10 years.  The basic premise is a starship from Earth arriving in a distant solar system.  The overall plot is based on events occuring during the exploration of America in the sixteenth century.

Originally I had planned my alien solar system to be Vega.  I have read several great sci-fi stories that use Vega as their setting.  But as I began thinking of the various things I wanted my setting to do, I thought that the one I had picked might not be quite right.  I spent a few weeks reading about the stars in our Earth’s neighborhood, finally settling on 82 Eridani as my best choice.

Tomorrow, a little bit more about this story.