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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:59 am
by The Laughing Man
heh, EXTERMINATE!
dropping my ball for a moment, how would you envision the Nanites evolving?
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:11 am
by High Lord Tolkien
sgtnull wrote:
If I were a Jedi Master and Boba-fett wanted to kill me that is the exact type of distraction that would allow him to finish me.
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:25 am
by sgt.null
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:46 am
by Avatar
Loremaster wrote:not a 'Crusher creation'.
Not to mention the fact that Wesley Crusher sucked anyway.
--A
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:49 am
by Loredoctor
sgtnull wrote:
Ahhh the Cybermen. Anyone who is interested, watch Earthshock, Tomb of the Cybermen, Revenge of the Cybermen and Invasion (avoid Silver Nemesis and Attack of the Cybermen). The Five Doctors is not bad, it's just a shame the Cybermen get their pants handed back to them - in other words, they get massacred.
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:57 pm
by Cheval
High Lord Tolkien wrote:
The alien on the left is the one that would make abductions voluntarily!
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:21 am
by Injerian Praetus II
cheval wrote:High Lord Tolkien wrote:
The alien on the left is the one that would make abductions voluntarily!
She is sexy!
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:47 am
by Sorus
Roland of Gilead wrote:Sorus, I'll have to seek out that Gerrold anecdotal story. Sounds funny, although perhaps not to Ellison. Isn't he extremely sensitive about his height? (or lack thereof?) I also once read an article by Gerrold, entitled, "In Defense of Didactics." Which he proceeded to do, mainly using Heinlein as his shining example.
There is a lot of didactics in Gerrold's works, to be sure, which I think is what High Lord Tolkien is referring to. I thought A Rage for Revenge overdid this aspect, but A Season for Slaughter got back on the right track, with more action to drive the story.
But the time factor here between books is just absurd. I'm not sure if I will continue the series or not.
Think this is it, though I remember it as being longer. The first time I read it, it struck me as being funnier than it actually is, mainly because I had recently met Harlan Ellison. I still think he's a great writer, but he should probably avoid meeting his fans if he wants to keep any of them.
(Bad language warning.)
www.gerrold.com/short-about/page.htm
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:58 am
by Avatar
Haha, pretty cool Sorus, thanks.
There's only one thing that comes to mind for me when I think of Harlan Ellison though...
I have no mouth and I must scream. Awesome story.
--A
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:28 pm
by Loredoctor
I might add the Raiel from Pandora's Star.
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:26 pm
by Farm Ur-Ted
Here's my favorite alien. Thank goodness there's only one of them.
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:40 am
by Loredoctor
The Primes from Pandora's Star.
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:20 pm
by Spiral Jacobs
Loremaster wrote:The Primes from Pandora's Star.
The Primes are pretty good because they are so
alien. Also, in my mind they look like the Protoss Dragoon.
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:58 pm
by Loredoctor
Spiral Jacobs wrote:Loremaster wrote:The Primes from Pandora's Star.
The Primes are pretty good because they are so
alien. Also, in my mind they look like the Protoss Dragoon.
Yeah, I can see that.
I love the
immotiles.
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:45 am
by Fist and Faith
Alien
Dragons from Earthsea
8472
Elohim
Lylmik from Julian May's books
Martians from Stranger in a Strange Land
Sandgorgons
Women
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 4:01 am
by Cail
These ones are scary....
And the Shadows from B5....
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 4:00 pm
by bloodguard bob
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 6:23 pm
by stonemaybe
I like the ships in the Julian May books. They even kind of impress like the pernese do dragons.
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 11:33 pm
by ur-monkey
Most of Julian May's aliens are superb! Let me see now...I give you:
The Krondaku - Giant interstellar squid with godlike psycho-interrogative powers and a soft spot for single malt scotch
The Gi - 8 ft hermaphrodite sentient birds who literally die of pleasure at operas
The Simbiari - officious, bureaucratic green men & women who ooze verdant slime and photosynthesize
Not to take anything away from my Poltroyan & Lylmik friends too, of course...
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:44 pm
by Adept Havelock
I'd have to call it a tie between Donaldson's Amnion and Niven/Pournelle's "Moties".
The Amnion freaked me out, and the Moties are just so fascinating. Especially "Crazy Eddie".
