Sunday 29 November 2020

As Aliens See Us

I have found a lot of quotes about seeing ourselves as others see us. See here.

Sf writers can comment on humanity by imagining how we would appear to other intelligent species. However, I seem to have addressed this issue sufficiently in previous posts. See here and also What Happened Long Ago.

The Didonians are sufficiently alien to present a unique perspective:

"(Blurred, two legs, faceless...no, had they beaks?)"

"...the strangers, who had but single bodies and yet could talk..."
-op. cit., p. 6.

"...pity that race, who are not beasts but can think, and thus know that they will never know oneness." (p. 141)

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

I would have said to a Didonnian: "Thank you, but I DON'T want your kind of "oneness." And your lack of true individualities."

Ad astra! Sean