pugh@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (08/13/85)
From: "pugh jon%e.mfenet"@LLL-MFE.ARPA
This idea of different forms of life than our "normal" carbon based selves,
and all those millions of critters living on our planet, has some interesting
stories associated with it.
There is the Well of Souls series by Jack Chalker that has some interactions
with non-carbon life forms, although the majority of characters are carbon
based, for obvious reasons.
There was a story (series?) by Frederick Poul and Jack Williamson about
intelligent stars. It was called The Starchild Trilogy, but in one volume.
Can you imagine conversing with Sol? What would (s)he think of us and what
we have done? Would it have noticed us? Read the book to see what they
thought about the whole idea.
Harlan Ellison wrote some short stories that dealt with different lifeforms.
The Ptill Poweb Division (misspelled) springs to mind first. I believe it
was in the anthology The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World.
Then, of course, there was The Gods Themselves, although they may have been
carbon based. It's not clear in my mind (or my mind isn't clear). They were
quite different from us at any rate (even 19.5% :-).
Enough from me, feel free to add your own...
Jon Pugh
(I don't know the meaning of the word bibliography!)ccrdave@ucdavis.UUCP (Lord Kahless) (08/26/85)
Well, there's the Horta from Trek.