C asked Douglas E. Richards:

Why did you choose to define the terrorists as Islamic Jihadists in Brain Web when there are also plenty of domestic terrorists in our country? It seems doing so just fans the flames of hate and anger.

Douglas E. Richards In that case wouldn't using domestic terrorists as the villians also be fanning the flames of anger? Someone has to be the bad guy, and there is a virulent form of Islam that has very much made it clear they would like to establish their form of Islam across the globe, no matter what it takes.

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Luke Bahr

Luke Bahr asked Douglas E. Richards:

I have both a question and a statement; it is refreshing to have a sci-fi author who goes to amazing lengths to understand his subject matter. Discussing the scientific, moral, and ethical questions often discussed by characters in your books has filled many evenings for my teen children and myself. My question is, do you have any podcasts/YouTube videos explaining your research/writing process?

Henry

Henry asked Douglas E. Richards:

Omission in Author's Discussion of "The Breakthrough Effect". Hi, I was wondering why you left out the connection between the Del Coronado Hotel and the Wizard Of OZ? You did at one point allude to Oliver Scott as The Wizard of Arcadia. I appreciate how your novels highlight so many thorny issues in the headlines today, So very thought provoking! This is why I have been an avid sci-fi reader all my life.

Gerardo Rosciano

Gerardo Rosciano asked Douglas E. Richards:

I just read The Enigma Cube, i know you writing so when i was in the middle of it I said "Mmm, I bet douglas didn't even thought about this when i started the book", and in the credits you told your readers exactly that. So my question is, aren't you worried you might write 400 pages and then realize you don't have a good ending? and did it happened to you to have to toss 200 pages to go to another direction?

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