The Author graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Architecture and a second degree in Building Science. He is currently a registered Architect in Massachusetts. The Author's ad vocation is Astronomy, Aeronautics and Astrophysics, which he has woven, with Architecture into his story WELKIN. The Author has sought to give his readers the virtual experiences of space living and travel that are plausible in the relatively near future. The Author attempts to impress upon the reader the folly of Earth radio, television, etc. transmitting unfettered into space without a control method to maintain privacy. Earth is sure to be visited by one or more of an estimated ten thousand galactic alien civilizations in the future. Will the aliens be benevolent? What would Earthlings be if they had time to reverse those roles? The Author has drawn on his education and interests to present the above in a fact-based science fiction novel. - William A Bunting -