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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 days ago (20 children)

We always tend to portray aliens in science fiction as humanoids. It's time to change that

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Adrian Tchaikovsky would like a word.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Can you recommend some of his work to start?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

The main reason I mentioned him is the Children of Time series, it revolves around non-humanoid “aliens” a lot. Fantastic series, but I love almost any of his SciFi stories.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Cool, thank you, friend!

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