Posted on 01/09/03
A genre in a time warp
'You have to invent a species that is weirder than humans . . ." quips science-fiction author Edward M. Lerner, "and that's hard."Sitting in a conference room of the Metro Convention Centre, 100-plus fans are politely listening to a panel discussion on the travails and rewards of "designing an alien species." Various dilemmas are encountered, such as, if you have an aquatic space-exploring race that needs to travel on the surface of a planet with atmosphere, what would they wear? Would the glare of sun and clouds blind them? Wouldn't they be agoraphobic?
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