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One of the noblest quests of science fiction is to attempt to create a convincing alien. Most of the ones we find, even in good quality science fiction, are mere variations of human beings. Yet sto...
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System
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2019-12-08T03:03:17Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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John M. Landsberg
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2019-12-08T03:03:17Z (almost 5 years ago)
One of the noblest quests of science fiction is to attempt to create a convincing alien. Most of the ones we find, even in good quality science fiction, are mere variations of human beings. Yet stories, even entire novels, have certainly been written in which no human being appears. Trying to understand alien beings is an important metaphor for the crucial necessity of understanding those who are not like us, and science fiction is a marvelous place for opening our minds on this matter. Yes, of course you can, and should, try to write something with nothing but aliens in it. If I were still editing a science fiction magazine, I for one would love to see it. And I still would anyway!
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System
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2013-08-31T00:33:53Z (about 11 years ago)
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