Questions

1. Why does Dickjackson Jones get headaches, and why are they associated with dreams of Mars? Why does dreaming of the eruption of Olympus Mons elicit feelings of peace and relief from his headaches? Why headaches, why dreams of Mars, why is he compelled to get to Mars by stealing the Flying Turtle, and why are those things important as a major plot fulcrum? How does Dickjackson Jones's situation relate to the appearance of Cannibalus the Starvling? And what the heck is up with Olympus Mons? Why is it erupting smoke rings into space that are visible from Earth?

2. What's the relationship dynamic between Susannah Hicks and Cannibalus the Starvling? Why are they important to each other? What effect does Susannah's purity and innocence have on Cannibalus, and what effect does Cannibalus's completely self centered and ego-driven alien psychosis have on Susannah? How and why is Susannah integral to, and the main force, responsible for both the ultimate defeat of Cannibalus, and also the resulting human tragedy?

3. What the heck is the human tragedy, and why was it not only unavoidable, but inevitable? Necessary, even?

4. What was the nature of the falling out between Ferlin Goolsby and Dempsey Witt when they were serving together in the army during the war of 2018? Why is Dempsey plagued with guilt, and suicidal? Why did Ferlin become a psychotic power monger?

5. What's the story with Bobby Kay Rudolph? Why is she using the Larger Hadron Collider to smash martini molecules together at light speed? It's she trying to open a dimensional doorway, or is she just drunk?

6. Why does the demon Ignatius choose Dreyfuss to torment? What's special about Dreyfuss?

7. Why the heck do those two African gray parrots, Twhit and Twhat, come from and why are they so intelligent? What role do they play in the scheme of things? Why do they seek out Dreyfuss and become his roommates?

8. The big question.

Why are Dickjackson Jones, Susannah Hicks, Dempsey Witt, Bobby Kay Rudolph, Dreyfuss Marlowe, and Twhit and Twhat tied together by fate, and how do they come together to defeat Cannibalus the Starvling?