Alex asked Deborah Chester:

Hi Deborah! Looking back at the "Spacehawks" series, is there anything in particular you wish you had done differently? For instance, what are your thoughts now, with all your accumulated writing experience, about your characterisation of 41, as you wrote it in the eighties and the nineties? Thanks!

Deborah Chester Sorry for this long overdue response. I would have changed some aspects of 41's character design. I like his enigmatic qualities, but he's not sufficiently complex. None of the characters are. That was back when I was young and hungry. I had very tight deadlines for those books, and no time to think them through. I have considered reviving the series with the Salukan girls that 41 and Kelly adopted, but so far haven't found the time.

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