Paul M. Frazier, Ph.D. received his B.A. in Theatre with an emphasis in Performance from the
University of Michigan - Flint, his M.A. in Theatre with an emphasis in Directing from Michigan State
University, and his Ph.D. in Theatre specializing in Directing and Staging from Bowling Green State
University. His dissertation was titled Patterns in Recent Science Fiction Drama, which was
the first scholarly work on the subject of science fiction dramatic literature. For those of you who
are curious, his dissertation is available for download.

His performance credits include roles in Our Town, The Threepenny Opera,
Marat/Sade, The Respectful Prostitute, and Guys and Dolls. His directing
credits include Macbeth, A Midsummer's Night Dream, and two productions of 'night,
Mother.

His publishing credits include a series of newspaper theatre reviews of summer stock productions in
the summer of 1985. Additionally, he has presented several scholarly theatre papers at regional and
international theatre conferences.

He is currently working as a freelance web developer, using Microsoft technologies. Also, he is
pursuing a lifelong dream of writing science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He has no publications yet,
but he has great hopes.

I cannot imagine that we are the only sentient species in the universe. It is far too vast for such a thing to be possible. If sentience developed here, it must also have developed somewhere else.

I have no doubt that we will eventually make contact with another intelligent race somewhere in the cosmos. I suspect that will happen fairly soon. I think it will be the most profound event since the birth of Christ. Its most significant effect, I believe, will be to bring the various peoples of the Earth together in a way never dreamed possible. We will see that we are far more alike than we are different. The pipedreams of a united world will become reality.

The potential risk is just as great. All of our religious traditions are based on the concept that God created Man in his own image and likeness. There is currently little room for aliens in these dogmas. Once we have compelling proof that extraterrestial life exists, all of this goes up for grabs. At my most pessimistic, I see riots spanning the globe over this. I hope I am wrong.