Trope-a-Day: Starfish Aliens
Starfish Aliens: Most of them. Digisapiences, of course, have no bodies at all. The galari are sophont crystal-virus hybrids with inbuilt techlepathy and mechanical psychokinesis. The codramaju are...
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“Thus it is said that an eldrae thinks pacing; a dar-bandal, sniffing; a galari, hovering; a kaeth, fighting; a dar-ííche, floating; a sssc!haaaouú, blowing; a mezuar, standing; an esseli, twitching; a...
View ArticleTrope-a-Day: Starfish Language
Starfish Language: Oh, plenty of them. Esseli native language, for example, is encoded on RNA strands (although fortunately they can and are more than willing to add extra speech organs as required)....
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DISCLAIMER: All population figures found herewithin should be considered provisional and contested. Ongoing controversies exist where the correct measurement of population figures is concerned,...
View ArticleTrope-a-Day: The Worm That Walks
The Worm That Walks: There are a number of cybershells which are made up of microbot or even nanobot foglets, all of which would qualify, here. So, too, would some made up of somewhat larger modular...
View ArticleTrope-a-Day: Bizarre Alien Psychology
Bizarre Alien Psychology: Most of them, to one degree or another, however well concealed it may be by translation and commonly agreed protocols. Particularly notable are the aklaknak and embatil, both...
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