im trying to write a sci book and would like a little help.
the thing about sci fi is that if it says that something can happen now, it must be able to happen.
here is an example of bad sci fi, that never made it into a book. a writer (who happen to be 6' 2") tried to write a book about a group of astronauts during the moon mission. all of his astronauts were over 6 foot. if anyone has ever met astronuats, or done any research on it, you would know they are all much shorter. this is due to the fact that for ever inch taller, the mission would cost thousands more.
a good example is at the end of "the abyss" the crew of the deep sea station were brought to the surface without decompressing. one of them stated. "we should be dead". a reply to this was "the aliens must have done something to us."
the primise of this story is that our civilization was not the first on earth. humans were not the first attempt by evolution to creat an intelegent race. (yes i know evolution is not a sentient being, so it does not actually try to do things. but as water finds its own lvl, so does evolution cause improvements, that would eventually lead to intelegence). almost all, if not all of the evidence of this earlier race were distroyed by a multi million year global ice. it has been shown that this happened at least once.
what im looking for, is the hero of the story finds evidence of this race. where would he find it. how would he find it.
in the story, the ice age was caused by three super volcanos erupting within a small time frame. (less than a century: long enough for one cloud to disappate, before the second erupted, but too short for the ice to melt signifactly between)
if anyone has any suggestion, and would be willing to give me some idea, please do.
