If you’ve read any interviews with the writers of serious space operas, then you know how often they cite the influence of The Expanse novels by James S.A. Corey (the pen name of Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham). But it’s also had an impact on such light-hearted science fiction stories as writer Logan J. Hunder’s new comedic sci-fi novel Astro-Nuts (paperback, Kindle). In the follow email interview Hunder discusses what else inspired and influenced this story, as well as the kind of humor found in it.