Clubhouses are the biker equivalent of where the mother Alien lays her eggs, but with more beer kegs, Samantha Fox posters and pictures of dead club members on the walls.
But this is a slow, discursive novel of character as the motivations of the diverse and likable crew, comprising humans and aliens, are laid bare for the reader's delight.
Writer David McIntee has also noted similarities to the Doctor Who episode "The Ark in Space" (1975), in which an insectoid queen alien lays larvae inside humans which later eat their way out, a life cycle inspired by that of the ichneumon wasp.
Portraits of our fragile little planet laid siege — whether by aliens, zombies or human warmongers — are a dime a dozen in multiplexes and on television screens, occasions for big explosions that light up the sky.
Until then, Earthlings who want to experience space sex will just have to settle for laying alien eggs inside themselves with the help of a nifty sex toy called the Ovipositor.
What do you do when one of you prefers missionary and considers even relatively tame moves like the Alleged Kanye to be beyond the pale, and the other can't get off without involving sounding, feeding, or laying "alien eggs" inside their body cavities?
In "Laws", the philosopher laid down rules for resident aliens ("he must possess an art; he can prolong his visit no longer than 20 years...he will pay no resident alien tax").
And Donald Trump has laid out a priority to remove criminal aliens, remove people that have overstayed their visas.
What makes Love and Saucers a very good documentary about a man who paints himself having sex with aliens is that Abrahams lays out the details of Huggins's story and lets viewers come to their own conclusions.
Alien: Covenant may yet turn out to be the best instalment since Cameron laid down the baton in 1986.
