tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post8090418562550010339..comments2023-09-12T06:18:38.552-04:00Comments on The World in the Satin Bag: Science Fiction and Aliens: Human Relationships to the Other "Other"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-51359732093476010942009-11-22T12:27:43.649-05:002009-11-22T12:27:43.649-05:00Quietus: Actually, yeah, Star Trek is guilty of p...Quietus: Actually, yeah, Star Trek is guilty of practically every kind of human/alien relationship.<br /><br />Good point about the seeding option.<br /><br />Jonah: Yes, that's something that gets talked about and that I mentioned briefly in the above with reference to intelligence or animal-form or superior. Your points are good additions, though, and certainly fit under one of the broad categories above.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-53875257799378856132009-11-22T11:27:17.029-05:002009-11-22T11:27:17.029-05:00Another interesting category to explore would be h...Another interesting category to explore would be how alien the alien actually is. In Star Trek, they're usually either "God" and completely impossible for human's to fathom (so they take some humanoid form that we can fathom), or Klingon - basically humanoid with a few of our characteristics enhanced.<br />Most other authors that I've read generally have aliens that are relatively recognizable, but C. J. Cherryh has some really great human/alien interactions that take the "alien-ness" of the aliens very seriously.Jonahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00776591747545219997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-68640931935321580162009-11-21T23:52:50.688-05:002009-11-21T23:52:50.688-05:00I realised something while reading this, Star Trek...I realised something while reading this, <i>Star Trek</i> probably has every instance you pointed out here. I could probably name a good example for each one, but I'm sure you already know how I mean.<br /><br />As for the 'Aliens as seeders of Earth' that could also be a vice versa. Humans sent out on missions to explore, lost contact, thought dead, years later, second mission finds first as near-human subspecies...Quietusnoreply@blogger.com